Audit who Dropped the Database
In the first article on this topic (which can be read here), I discussed the problem of having a database get dropped and the need to find out who...
2015-04-07
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Audit who Dropped the Database
In the first article on this topic (which can be read here), I discussed the problem of having a database...
2015-04-15 (first published: 2015-04-07)
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Error: Unknown Property ismemoryoptimized
If you’re starting the process of moving your databases in Azure SQL Databast to v12, you need to do one...
2015-04-07
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My Favorite FREE Reports in SSMS
Microsoft has given us DBAs/Developers/etc. a wealth of free reports integrated into SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in order to...
2015-04-07
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Documentation: Are You Ready?
Would your coworkers know how to handle your job if you weren’t there?
This question was top-of-mind for me last week...
2015-04-07
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Overview of the data visualization books by Stephen Few
I recently finished the book Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis by Stephen Few of Perceptual...
2015-04-17 (first published: 2015-04-07)
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PowerShelling SQL Saturday Sessions to the Guidebook app
Following on from my previous post about parsing XML where I used the information from Steve Jones blog post to...
2015-04-07
790 reads
Get Started and Build Your Own SQL World
“Sir, thank you for taking this meeting. We have this new thing to show you. It will allow you to...
2015-04-07
927 reads
SQL New Blogger Challenge: Week 1
WOW!
The response to the SQL New Blogger Challenge I issued a couple of weeks ago has been absolutely incredible. At...
2015-04-07
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Connecting SQLite to SQL Server with PowerShell
This post is part of Ed Leighton-Dick’s SQL New Blogger Challenge. Please follow and support these new (or reborn) bloggers.
I’m working with a number of SQLite databases as extra data...
2015-04-07
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Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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