Powershell, Me and the MCM
If you haven’t heard yet, Microsoft has made some significant changes to the MCM program. The changes make the certification...
2010-12-16
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Powershell, Me and the MCM
If you haven’t heard yet, Microsoft has made some significant changes to the MCM program. The changes make the certification more accessible to the masses. You can read more...
2010-12-16
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Tis the Season
This month has been quite the month for change in my family. The changes that we are experiencing did not...
2010-12-15
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Tis the Season
This month has been quite the month for change in my family. The changes that we are experiencing did not end with the birth of our baby girl two...
2010-12-15
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T-SQL Tuesday #13 – Business Requirements
Business Requirements
We have made it yet another month and to yet another episode in the continuing saga known as TSQL...
2010-12-14
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T-SQL Tuesday #13 – Business Requirements
I think a common area that is easily overlooked when it comes to requirements and interpretation of requirements is report creation. A common problem is that there are no...
2010-12-14
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Wait Stats resources
Today I was out and about looking for past roundups on TSQLTuesday. While doing that, I came across a post...
2010-12-13
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Wait Stats resources
Today I was out and about looking for past roundups on TSQLTuesday. While doing that, I came across a post from Paul Randal (Blog | Twitter) about wait stats. The...
2010-12-13
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SSIS Job Execution
While working on a process to refresh the QA environment (data purge, reload data and reapply changes made over time...
2010-12-13
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SSIS Job Execution
While working on a process to refresh the QA environment (data purge, reload data and reapply changes made over time as parts of release cycles), I ran into self-imposed...
2010-12-13
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Blogs
From SQL Saturday to Day of Data
By ReviewMyDB
A behind-the-scenes look at Day of Data Jacksonville 2026, the transition from SQL Saturday,...
PostgreSQL 18 Finally Makes BUFFERS the Default. Here Is Why That Matters
You run EXPLAIN ANALYZE on a slow query, stare at the plan, and something...
A New Word: La Guadière
By Steve Jones
la guadière – n. a glint of goodness you notice in something that you...
Forums
non ascii columns in a utf-8 .txt file
hi, we couldnt get our upstream data source developers to supply what is sometimes...
PolyBase Trace Flags
Are there any good articles on all the trace flags that are enabled on...
The Data Model Matters
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD I
I run the SQLCMD utility as follows:
lcmd -S localhost -EI then type this (the 1> is the prompt):
1> select @@version goIf I hit enter, what happens? See possible answers