Using Docker to run Integration Tests for dbachecks
My wonderful friend André Kamman wrote a fantastic blog post this week SQL Server Container Instances via Cloudshell about how...
2019-02-06 (first published: 2019-01-19)
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SQL DBA With A Beard
Running Windows and Linux SQL Containers together
Just for fun I decided to spend Christmas Eve getting Windows and Linux SQL containers running together.
WARNING
This is NOT a...
2019-01-04 (first published: 2018-12-24)
1,879 reads
Getting SQL Services, Starting, Stopping and Restarting them with dbatools
There was a question in the #dbatools slack channel
Getting dbatools
dbatools enables you to administer SQL Server with PowerShell. To get...
2018-12-03
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SQL Server Availability Group FailoverDetection Utility PowerShell Function Improvements – Named Instances, Archiving Data, Speed
In my last post I wrote about a new function for gathering the data and running the FailoverDetection utility by...
2018-12-19 (first published: 2018-12-01)
1,854 reads
Gathering all the Logs and Running the Availability Group Failover Detection Utility with PowerShell
30/11/2018 – Function has been updated to deal with named instances.
Last week the Tiger Team released their Availability Group Failover Detection...
2018-12-17 (first published: 2018-11-28)
1,987 reads
Getting the SQL Version from a backup using dbatools ………. on PowerShell Core
Following an upgrade to SQL Server the backup share had a number of backups, some from the old version and...
2018-12-12 (first published: 2018-11-26)
1,718 reads
PASS Summit, SQLTrain and My First US SQL Saturday
Next week is the week when I used to dread looking at Twitter and especially the #PASSsummit hashtag, watching all of...
2018-10-31
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Checking Trace Flags with dbachecks, online docs and PSPowerHour
It’s been a few weeks since i have blogged as I have been busy with a lot of other things....
2018-10-10 (first published: 2018-09-29)
1,952 reads
Deploying To a Power Bi Report Server with PowerShell
Just a quick post to share some code that I used to solve a problem I had recently.
I needed to...
2018-09-04 (first published: 2018-08-21)
5,674 reads
Using the PowerShell AST to find a ForEach Method
In dbachecks we enable people to see what checks are available by running Get-DbcCheck. This gives a number of properties including...
2018-08-16
326 reads
Blogs
The Benefits of Teaching
By Brian Kelley
Even preparing for a class or seminar with set materials takes a lot of...
Power BI, Excel, OneLake – Dreams Do Come True!
By DataOnWheels
I can’t believe it’s finally here! A way to have Excel live in OneDrive...
The Book of Redgate: What Our Staff Says
By Steve Jones
This image is from 2010, and it goes along with my last post of...
Forums
Help! MEMORY_ALLOCATION_EXT wait stalls
Hi I have an overnight process that moves allot of claims records Been working...
Unlocking Data Transformation: My journey with dbt (Data Build Tool) on SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Unlocking Data Transformation: My journey...
Putting the Player with the Number
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Putting the Player with the...
Question of the Day
Putting the Player with the Number
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix', @num VARCHAR = '10' SELECT @player || @numSee possible answers