Presentation Tools
Let’s face it, the core of a presentation is you. Your knowledge and your ability to share that knowledge through...
2018-04-23
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Command shell steps in SQL Agent jobs only process a single command.
I was working on a SQL Agent job recently that required a series of command shell commands. And it would...
2018-04-23
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How to Perform Database Hack-Attach
This blog demonstrates attaching a database on the SQL Server Instance which already has the same name database up and...
2018-04-23
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Is this command broken? I can't see some properties! - DefaultDisplayPropertySet, Get-Member and Select-Object *
Every now and again I see some people complaining about not getting the properties they want when using a PowerShell command.
For instance, someone was using the Get-Service command to...
2018-04-23
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SQL Tuning: Finding statements for missing indexes
Missing indexes are an important part of the indexing strategy. I usually start with sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats to find both inefficient and...
2018-04-20
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Checking Tempdb with dbatools
I really like the dbatools project. This is a series of PowerShell cmdlets that are built by the community and...
2018-04-20
1,582 reads
Monitoring and Tuning Azure SQL Database at SQL Saturday Jacksonville and 24 Hours of Pass
I’m speaking at two upcoming events that I wanted to share with you! My topic is Monitoring and Tuning Azure...
2018-04-20
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Easy to use WMI commands to query windows system
WMI has been around for a while and it has grown significantly over the years. With Microsoft's focus on powershell,...
2018-04-20
12,228 reads
SQL query to shrink all log files on sql instance
USE master
exec sp_MSforeachdb '
use [?]
print ''?''
print cast(databasepropertyex(''?'', ''Updateability'') as varchar(200))
if databasepropertyex(''?'', ''Updateability'') = ''READ_WRITE ''
dbcc shrinkfile(2,1)
'
2018-04-20
315 reads
T-SQL Developer Interview Questions with Answers
What SQL command do you use to pull and filter data from a table ?
SELECT [Column List] FROM [Table Name]...
2018-04-20
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Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
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From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
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Asynchronous Replication of Snapshots from an ActiveCluster Pod to a Third Array
I’ve been rebuilding my three-site SQL Server demo lab, and I ran into something...
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STRING_AGG DISTINCT
Has anyone written a wrapper function (or similar) around STRING_AGG() to allow the retrieval...
In-place OS upgrade or migration to new OS?
Putting this here as we're currently on SQL Server 2019 installed on Windows Server...
Never is Not the Policy
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Question of the Day
Rebuilding All Indexes
I have added a few indexes to one of my tables in SQL Server 2025:
ALTER TABLE dbo.CustomerContact
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_CustomerContact
PRIMARY KEY (CustomerID);
-- Create index on CustomerEmail
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerEmail
ON dbo.CustomerContact (CustomerEmail);
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone
ON dbo.CustomerContact (phone);
I then do this to disable one index:
alter index IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone on dbo.CustomerContact disableI see this when I check the index status:
I decide to rebuild all indexes with this command:
ALTER INDEX ALL ON dbo.CustomerContact rebuildAfter I do this, what will I see for the index status? See possible answers