Catching Up on The #SQLPASS Virtual Chapters

(Didn't realize until I was posting that this was my 100th post...whew!)

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A few months ago we purchased a new "smart"...

Upcoming SQL Saturdays - June 2016

I am speaking at two different SQL Saturdays in June!
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First up on June 4th is SQL Saturday #517 Philadelphia (#SQLSAT517)...

SQL 2016 - The Time Has Come!

Microsoft dropped it on us this morning:

Get ready, SQL Server 2016 coming on June 1st
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I read the article and was...

Where Is My Primary Replica Again?

We have many clients with multi-node Availability Groups - that is, AGs with more than two replicas.  One of the problems...

How Long Did That Job Run?

When you use the msdb tables to try to gather information on your SQL Server Agent jobs, inevitably you will...

Don't Use Delimiters In Your Object Names!

It started with a failed backup status check:
Msg 50000, Level 16, State 1, Line 73
** Backups listed in this file...

Why I Love #SQLSaturday

PASS SQLSaturdays are free 1-day training events for SQL Server professionals that focus on local speakers, providing a variety of...

Pulling Security Info

A frequent request I receive is to pull a list of logins/users with certain accesses, role memberships, etc.
I had a...

Update Your Scripts!

I had an incident today where a colleague was running a Wait Stats Report and the output looked like this:

As...

Another Source of Knowledge

It started with a tweet from one the many members of the #sqlfamily who always has something meaningful to say,...