Quick Tip: Navigating to a UNC within SQLPS
I’ve been getting a funky error with a new Powershell script, running as a SQL Agent job step. Let’s pretend for the...
2013-05-06
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A SQL Shirt Style For Any Occasion
Recently at work we had a “Hawaiian Shirt Day”, a nice change from the usual business casual. I picked one...
2013-05-06
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GO
Did you know that the GO command isn’t really part of T-SQL? It’s what’s called a batch separator. And in...
2013-05-06
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Lost that Single-User Connection?
You have changed your database to single_user mode to do a task. As you go about your business, you lose track of which connection was the single_user connection. You...
2013-05-06
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Lost that Single-User Connection?
You have changed your database to single_user mode to do a task. As you go about your business, you lose...
2013-05-06
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SSRS 101 – Your First Report
I know that it has been a while, and I apologize. I have been traveling around the U.S. evangelizing SQL...
2013-05-06
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SQL Server – How to find Default data and log path for SQL Server 2012
To identify default data and log directories in SQL Server 2012 you can use SERVERPROPERTY() function. In SQL Server 2012...
2013-05-06
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2013 Carolina Code Camp Presentations
As promised, here are the presentations and sample code I used at the 2013 Carolina Code Camp. If you attended...
2013-05-06
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May the Fourth Be With You – Kindle Bonus!
It seems that with the Disney purchase of Star Wars this past year that May the Fourth is coming on...
2013-05-04
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Database Administration KPIs – 2/2
In my last post, I discussed about the quantitative KPIs which, to me, are useful for “outsiders”, i.e. non-DBAs, to...
2013-05-04
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #201 Round-Up: Temp Tables, Friend or Foe?
By ReviewMyDB
The T-SQL Tuesday #201 round-up: nine bloggers on whether temp tables are a friend...
Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
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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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