Best Practices: Defining Explicit Length for Varchar/Nvarchar
SA0080 : Do not use VARCHAR or NVARCHAR data types without specifying length. Level: Warning
When using varchar/nvarchar it should be explicitly...
2017-06-07
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Sheldon Hull
Powershell Module Improvements for SQL Server in 2017
simple setup
A major improvement that seems to have quietly slipped into the sql developers world is an improved SQLServer powershell...
2017-06-19 (first published: 2017-05-31)
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Setting Up InfluxDb, Chronograf, and Grafana for the SqlServer Dev
InfluxDb & Grafana Series
Running InfluxDb As A Service in WindowsSetting Up InfluxDb, Chronograf, and Grafana for the SqlServer Dev
InfluxDB And AnnotationsCapturing...
2017-05-29 (first published: 2017-05-17)
4,102 reads
Red Gate SQL Clone (#1) - Initial Setup
Note this was during earlier beta usage, so some of the UI and other features will have been updated more....
2017-02-27
708 reads
Bad Idea Jeans: Query Optimization Through Minification
SQL is pretty verbose compared to some languages. It's a pretty big disappointment that I have to type out select...
2017-01-23
222 reads
Bad Idea Jeans: Query Optimization Through Minification
SQL is pretty verbose compared to some languages. It's a pretty big disappointment that I have to type out select...
2017-01-23
490 reads
Dynamically Set Powershell Variables from json
I created this small snippet to allow a list of values from a json file be turned into variables to...
2016-12-05
302 reads
Attaching Database Using SMO & Powershell
Steve Jones wrote a great article on using this automation here titled The Demo Setup-Attaching Databases with Powershell. I threw...
2016-11-18
1,091 reads
Parallel Powershell for Running SQL
This is just a quick look. I plan on diving into this in the future more, as I'm still working...
2016-11-16
230 reads
Parallel Powershell for Running SQL
This is just a quick look. I plan on diving into this in the future more, as I'm still working...
2016-11-16
3,378 reads
Blogs
Audit – Security Compliance Frameworks (Part 1)
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This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
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Limiting Checkpoints
If I use the -k parameter with a number after it, what does this change in SQL Server?
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