Question of the Day: Check, Please
This one is live today, it’s about Powershell and restoring databases, based on some scripting I had been working on....
2015-12-03
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SQLAndy
SSC Editorial: Early Adopters
I wrote Early Adopters for SQLServerCentral after seeing a comment elsewhere that basically lumped all MVP’s into one category as...
2015-11-25
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Job & Process Documentation Tips
Three big things I look for in documentation:
Who to call when it goes wrongWhere to find it the code, especially...
2015-11-19
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Veterans Day – Thank You for Your Service
If you currently serve or have served in our military, thank you for your service. Please never doubt that your...
2015-11-11
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Did PASS Forget the DBA?
Today I had on my list to finish watching the presentation Gail Shaw did at Summit 2014, one of the...
2015-11-11
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More Thoughts on the PASS BAC
Here’s an excerpt from an email from PASS I received on November 4 and also available at this link (bolding added by...
2015-11-10
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Renewed as MVP
I was renewed for another year as a SQL Server – now Data Platform – MVP, always pleasant news. My plan for...
2015-11-10
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New FileTable Questions Posted on SQLServerCentral
I’m late posting this, I wrote six questions after doing a refresh of what I knew (or should have known) about...
2015-11-10
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Notes on the 2015 PASS Summit
I’m still catching up after my 13th PASS Summit and as usual the longer I wait the shorter the notes...
2015-11-04
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PASS Summit 2015 Plans
I’m flying out Sunday morning on my usual direct flight from Orlando to Seattle. I like getting there a day...
2015-10-23
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Blogs
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
Creating a SQL Stored Procedure to Load a SCD2
By DataOnWheels
This is a blog that I am writing for future me and hopefully it’ll...
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
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Pro SQL Server Internals
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SQL ART: Who's Blocking Who? Visualising SQL Server Blocking With Spatial Geometry
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Running SQLCMD II
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers