Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 100 – Flow Map)
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Presentation Tools
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2018-04-23
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Command shell steps in SQL Agent jobs only process a single command.
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How to Perform Database Hack-Attach
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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...
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SQL Tuning: Finding statements for missing indexes
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Checking Tempdb with dbatools
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Monitoring and Tuning Azure SQL Database at SQL Saturday Jacksonville and 24 Hours of Pass
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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
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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
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Question of the Day
Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers