All Offices Should Have A View (Or At Least Windows)
Yesterday was a typical Florida afternoon, sudden down pour of rain, but not a storm. Just slow solid rain for...
2009-10-08
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SQLAndy
Sparse Columns – ConvertSVtoXML & XMLToResv
Not very often I run across something with zero matches in a search engine, but had it happen recently. I...
2009-10-07
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PASS Editorial for Oct 7, 2009
I currently write the editorial for the PASS Connector which is published every two weeks as part of my role...
2009-10-06
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Buenos Aires Code Camp
No, I didn’t attend this one!
My friend Jonas Stawski is the organizer and we’ve been pleased to be a...
2009-10-06
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A Contest for Bloggers – The 2009 PASS Logreader Awards
I’ve been working on an idea for a while with Brent Ozar and Jeremiah Peschka for a contest that recognize...
2009-10-06
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Spaces in Object Names Revisited
I think in general the SQL Server DBA’s of the world prefer that object names not have spaces embedded, and...
2009-10-05
810 reads
A Hint For Recruiters (And You!)
Over the past few years we’ve had a number of recruiters and staffing firms visit oPASS as sponsors, and we...
2009-10-04
345 reads
MVP Again
It was nice to work through my email and find a bit of positive news instead of more work! I’m...
2009-10-02
387 reads
Editorial on the Incidental DBA
You can read the full text of it in today’s SSC Newsletter, the quick summary is that for many businesses...
2009-10-02
252 reads
Reverse Image Search
I try not to post too many links without some thoughtful commentary, but I ran across this and thought it...
2009-10-01
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Blogs
Why Databases Still Fascinate Me
By Chris Yates
I get asked a lot about why or how I began working with databases...
Monday Monitor Tips: ServiceNow Integration
By Steve Jones
Earlier this year I visited a customer that was using the Redgate Monitor webhook...
Inspecting TSQL Abstract Syntax Trees
By Zikato
TSQL ScriptDOM is a useful library for parsing scripts into an abstract syntax tree....
Forums
SQL Server 2025 Unveiled: The AI-Ready Enterprise Database with Microsoft Fabric Integration
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Cannot get KB959420
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Do You Really Need HA?
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Question of the Day
The New Database CheckDB
I run this code:
create database experiment
go
use Experiment
go
select DATABASEPROPERTYEX('Experiment', 'LastGoodCheckDbTime')
What is returned? See possible answers