Quickly Creating Test Users in SQL Server with PowerShell using the sqlserver module and dbatools
One of the most visited posts on my blog is nearly two and half years old now – Add User to...
2017-03-16 (first published: 2017-03-06)
1,725 reads
SQL DBA With A Beard
SQL VNext sp_configure on Windows and Linux with dbatools
This weekend I set up some SQL vNext virtual machines, two on Windows and one on Linux so that I...
2017-03-07 (first published: 2017-02-27)
2,095 reads
Adding a T-SQL Job Step to a SQL Agent Job with PowerShell
In my last post, I explained how to alter an existing job step across many servers. I also had cause...
2017-02-23 (first published: 2017-02-20)
3,119 reads
Altering a Job Step on Hundreds of SQL Servers with PowerShell
I flew to Utrecht last week to present with Chrissy LeMaire and Sander Stad to present to the joint Dutch...
2017-02-13
412 reads
Using the PowerShell SQL Provider with SQL Authentication
Whilst having a conversation with Chrissy LeMaire last week about using the SQL Provider. She asked if it could use SQL...
2017-01-12
1,809 reads
A Whole Day of PowerShell and SQL – Join Chrissy LeMaire & I at #sqlsatvienna
SQL Saturday Vienna 2017 is only just around the corner.
On Friday, January 20, 2017, a lot of local and international...
2017-01-09
403 reads
Running SQL Queries with Visual Studio Code
Reading this blog post by Shawn Melton Introduction of Visual Studio Code for DBAs reminded me that whilst I use...
2017-01-10 (first published: 2017-01-05)
5,409 reads
2016 – That was a Year :-)
Its the time of year for reflection and I have had the most amazing 2016, I am blessed that I love...
2017-01-02
497 reads
Deploying a Windows Data Science Virtual Machine to Azure with PowerShell easily
This weekend (10 December 2016), I went to Slovenia for a SQL Saturday. As always, it was an amazing event...
2016-12-18
816 reads
Enabling Cortana for dbareports PowerBi
Last week at the Birmingham user group I gave a presentation about PowerShell and SQL Server
It was a very packed...
2016-11-16 (first published: 2016-11-13)
1,823 reads
Blogs
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
Forums
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Semantic Search in SQL Server...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers