We’re Live on the PowerScripting Podcast! (Thursday night, 02-28)
Your MidnightDBAs
Unusually, Sean and I will be guests on someone else’s podcast this week! Tune in live to our PowerScripting...
2013-02-27
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Attaching an MDF with no Log (AdventureWorks)
Attaching an MDF file without an LDF file can be a little tricky. I had to go through this recently...
2013-02-27
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It Is Your Fault
I earned my nickname. I’m proud of it. I am the Scary DBA. I don’t really like to advertise my...
2013-02-27
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Finding SQL Server Installs Using Powershell
Old Dog, New Tricks
I’ve been writing tools for SQL Server for a lot of years. Some of these tools were...
2013-02-27
2,450 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 27 (Scripting SQL Objects)
Welcome to Day 27 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-03-11 (first published: 2013-02-27)
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Setting up an Internal Friendly URL
Note: This solution is not necessarily the best or most efficient solution in all cases. It is, however, very simple...
2013-02-27
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Thanks to my session attendees
To all of the wonderful attendees to both the VMware Partner Exchange SQL Server on VMware VBCA boot camp on...
2013-02-27
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Converting Inches to Centimeters - Long Hand
Today I had to write a little function that takes the long had version of a fraction, say 8 3/4 and convert it a proper number (float) and then...
2013-02-26
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Converting Inches to Centimeters - Long Hand
Today I had to write a little function that takes the long had version of a fraction, say 8 3/4 and convert it a proper number (float) and then...
2013-02-26
16 reads
Converting Inches to Centimeters - Long Hand
Today I had to write a little function that takes the long had version of a fraction, say 8 3/4...
2013-02-26
1,310 reads
Blogs
New article – migrating from a named instance
By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
Using the SIGN() Function: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was trolling the docs and noticed the SIGN() function. I have never written...
T-SQL Tuesday #201 Round-Up: Temp Tables, Friend or Foe?
By ReviewMyDB
The T-SQL Tuesday #201 round-up: nine bloggers on whether temp tables are a friend...
Forums
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Kerberos Authentication for Aurora PostgreSQL: Mapping AD Groups to Database Roles
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RegEx Functions I
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions I
Which of these RegEx functions need compatibility level 170 in SQL Server 2025?
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