Server Name and SQL Server Name
I have, in the past had the need to rename a server, either because the server has been named incorrectly...
2012-01-10
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TSQL Tuesday #26 or #23 – Identity Crisis
This second chance, gives me the opportunity to finally talk about a topic that has been on my to-blog list for quite some time. I hope this post will...
2012-01-10
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TSQL Tuesday #26 or #23 – Identity Crisis
The first opportunity of this New Year to participate in TSQLTuesday, we have been invited by David Howard (blog) to...
2012-01-10
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How safe are your secrets?
We’ve all have service accounts, application accounts, sysadmin and domain admin accounts and other privileged shared accounts on our systems....
2012-01-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #26 - Second Chances - Correlate Missing Index with Related Query
Everybody deserves a second chance in love, life, and in TSQL as well! Now that it's the beginning of a New...
2012-01-10
5,163 reads
SQL Server – Maintaining different environments
A busy Database Server and application development environment can have – Sandbox, Dev, Test, QA, Staging, Production .
Maintaining multiple environments requires...
2012-01-10
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Making Schema Changes in a Replication Topology
I've noticed in the forums there have been a number of people inquiring about making schema changes in a replication...
2012-01-10
5,792 reads
Orlando IT Pro Camp
The Orlando IT Pro Camp marks our third event after Tampa and South Florida. As with the prior IT Pro...
2012-01-10
986 reads
January 2012 Speaking Events
It has been a quiet past few months while my family has adjusted to having
two new additions (twins!), but...
2012-01-10
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DBAs in Denver
I have a friend looking for a production DBA in Denver, so if you’re interested, email me at SQLServerCentral.
They need...
2012-01-09
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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