Setting the default file type for a new file in VS Code
Just a short post today. When you open a new file in VS Code (Using CTRL + N) it opens by...
2017-05-02 (first published: 2017-04-24)
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SQL DBA With A Beard
Using Twitter with VS Code
So today I saw this tweet from Mathias in reply to Stefan and Amanda
That looks cool. Twitter in VS Code, one...
2017-04-28 (first published: 2017-04-19)
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Why VS Code Increases my Productivity
Last week I was showing a co-worker some PowerShell code and he asked what the editor was that I was...
2017-04-13
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Why Volunteer at SQLBits ?
WARNING – Contains Orange and light-hearted photos
I have returned home from SQLBits 2017 The Disco Edition. I am exhausted, my...
2017-04-11
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Export SQL User Permissions to T-SQL script using PowerShell and dbatools
There are times when DBA’s are required to export database user permissions to a file. This may be for a...
2017-04-10
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Testing SQL Server Access to a share with PowerShell using dbatools
A good security practice is to backup our SQL Servers to a network share but not allow users to be...
2017-04-13 (first published: 2017-04-08)
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Testing the Identity Column usage in SQL Server with PowerShell and dbatools
SQL Server uses identity columns to auto generate values, normally keys. When you create an identity column, it has a...
2017-04-07
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Using Pester with Get-DbaLastGoodCheckDb from dbatools
In my last post I showed Get-DbaLastGoodCheckDb from dbatools. This module is a community based project written by excellent, brilliant...
2017-04-06
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Getting SQLServers Last Known Good DBCC Checkdb with PowerShell and dbatools
As good SQL Server DBA’s we want to ensure that our databases are regularly checked for consistency by running DBCC...
2017-04-05
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Test the SQL Server database collation with PowerShell and dbatools
If your server collation is different to your database collation then you may find that you get an error similar...
2017-04-03
671 reads
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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