Working with the registry from within SQL Server

There is a lot of information within the Windows registry. Sometimes, it would sure be nice to work with the...

Microsoft presents: MySQL and PostgreSQL?

For the longest time, MySQL has been the recommended database platform for blogs and other websites. It’s free. It’s available...

SQL Server – So you like to shrink do you?

If you do – shame on you and shame on me because I do.

Moving on, I found strange behaviour within SQL...

Creating an SSIS project

Now that SSDT (SQL Server Data Tools) has been installed the next step is to create a project. First, open...

SQL Server vs Oracle: How to replace NULL values

It’s Wednesday and that means another SQL/Oracle post. Today we’ll be discussing NULL Values, which can sometimes be a real...

Attaching databases via a dockerfile

Last week I presented my session on SQL Server & Containers for the PASS Virtualization Group and during my prep I...

SQLCLR vs. SQL Server 2017, Part 3: “CLR strict security” – Solution 2

Welcome back, everyone. In the previous post in this series, I explained how to work within the new SQLCLR security...

Ultrawide Monitor - Samsung CF971 - First impressions

As a developer, I’ve been a big fan of multiple monitors for a long time. I moved to a triple...

How to Eliminate Ugly Nested REPLACE() Functions

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How many times have you had to transform some column value and ended up stacking several nested SQL REPLACE() functions like this?
-- Input: Red,...

Planning a SQL Server Backup and Restore strategy in a multi-server environment using PowerShell and T-SQL

This post demonstrates one of the ways to gather an inventory of database backup information. The output of the script...