Friday Reading 2017-01-20
Been an interesting week! My site has had the most views ever (so chuffed) and during all that I’ve been...
2017-01-20
520 reads
MVPs
I was having a conversation with Oracle professionals the other day and they started to discuss the Oracle ACE program...
2017-01-20
663 reads
Adding Application Name to Invoke-SqlCmd2
In a previous post, I expressed some frustration over Invoke-SqlCmd not setting an Application Name for its ODBC connection, leaving us with the generic .NET SqlClient Library when looking at active sessions...
2017-01-20
64 reads
What is a Database Master Key?
The encryption mechanisms in SQL Server are interesting, and they work well, but they are somewhat poorly named. I ran...
2017-01-19
17,089 reads
Webinar: Introducing Minion CheckDB!
Minion CheckDB is available for download as of February 1, 2017! In celebration, we’re having a Minion CheckDB webinar on two...
2017-01-19
833 reads
Help me raise money for cancer research #tourneeminerale
In Belgium, a national campaign is launched to raise money for cancer research: #TourneeMinerale. In this campaign, people can be...
2017-01-19
562 reads
SQL Server - Monitoring Table Size
There are many situations when we want to know the size of our database tables or just need a list...
2017-01-19
699 reads
Speaking at PowerShell Virtual Group of PASS
This month I’ll be speaking to the PowerShell Virtual Chapter of PASS. The session is on Linux OS Fundamentals for the SQL Admin. At the core of the session...
2017-01-19
10 reads
Speaking at PowerShell Virtual Group of PASS
This month I’ll be speaking to the PowerShell Virtual Chapter of PASS. The session is on Linux OS Fundamentals for...
2017-01-19
355 reads
Find and fix SQL Server databases with empty owner property using dbatools PowerShell module
A few days ago I came across with a error that says “Property Owner is not available for database [XXXXXXX].”....
2017-01-19
1,132 reads
Blogs
New article – migrating from a named instance
By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
Cleaning Up My Blog's SEO and AEO with Claude in GitHub Copilot
I’ve been running this blog on Hugo for a long time, and like most...
Using the SIGN() Function: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was trolling the docs and noticed the SIGN() function. I have never written...
Forums
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Kerberos Authentication for Aurora PostgreSQL: Mapping AD Groups to Database Roles
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RegEx Functions I
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions I
Which of these RegEx functions need compatibility level 170 in SQL Server 2025?
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