Quiz & answers for my “Auditing your data and data access” session.
I was honored to speak at Pass Summit last week (Thanks again Redgate), and if you’ve ever been to one ... Continue reading
2021-11-24 (first published: 2021-11-16)
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SQLStudies
Pass Summit 2021: A quick thank you to @Redgate.
I’d just like to say a quick thank you to Redgate for hosting the Pass Summit, all of the amazing ... Continue reading
2021-11-11
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#PowershellBasics: The WHERE clause
Sometimes when you are trying to figure something out you run across something really interesting. In this case I discovered ... Continue reading
2021-11-09
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#PowershellBasics: Select the columns in the output.
After my post last week on sorting the list, I now have a list of files, sorted in the right ... Continue reading
2021-11-12 (first published: 2021-11-04)
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SQL Homework – November 2021 – Backup, restore, and move the system databases?
On any instance you have at least 5 system databases. Master, model, msdb, tempdb and one other. First 5 points ... Continue reading
2021-11-15 (first published: 2021-11-02)
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The DBA as a helpdesk.
Every one and again you will see people asking What skill do you think is the most important for your ... Continue reading
2021-11-05 (first published: 2021-10-28)
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#PowershellBasics: Sort a list
In my last post I grabbed a file list but I really need it sorted alphabetically. Now, I’ve been a ... Continue reading
2021-10-26
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#PowershellBasics: Get a list of files from a directory.
I’ve got a project I’m working on at the moment and it includes a number of elements from my recent ... Continue reading
2021-11-01 (first published: 2021-10-21)
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Commenting a branching IF-THEN-ELSE.
I’m a big fan of comments (MSSQL, Powershell), so along those lines here’s an interesting way to comment an IF-THEN-ELSE ... Continue reading
2021-10-19
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#PowershellBasics: Adding data to a string using subexpressions.
I’m working on a project right now where I want to add the date/time to the end of a filename. ... Continue reading
2021-10-25 (first published: 2021-10-14)
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Blogs
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Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
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Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers