#PowershellBasics: Write the output to a file.
Last week I posted about a request to get a list of services. The first problem I ran into was ... Continue reading
2022-07-14
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SQLStudies
You’re doing your POC wrong! : T-SQL Tuesday #152
It’s T-SQL Tuesday again! Deborah Melkin (blog|twitter) is our host this month and she’d like to hear our opinion. A ... Continue reading
2022-07-27 (first published: 2022-07-12)
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#PowershellBasics: Expanding the column width to avoid truncation
I was recently asked to get a list of all of the services running on one of the boxes we ... Continue reading
2022-07-20 (first published: 2022-07-07)
442 reads
SQL Homework – July 2022 – Update your resume.
Resumes have been on my mind a lot recently. I’ve been thinking that I wish I’d kept mine up to ... Continue reading
2022-07-06 (first published: 2022-07-05)
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What’s next? Pt 2
Well, it’s only been about a week and a half but here’s an update. First a piece of advice. You ... Continue reading
2022-06-30
97 reads
Creating a Database Audit Specification can create new users & schemas in the background
I love database audits. They are simple, easy to use, effective, not overly resource intensive, and can be turned on ... Continue reading
2022-06-28
32 reads
How do I tell if identity_insert is turned on and if so what table?
TLDR; The code to do this is below but it’s a bit hokey and probably isn’t worth it. It’s pretty ... Continue reading
2022-07-11 (first published: 2022-06-24)
509 reads
What’s next?
As I’m sure a fair number of you already know I was told my position had been eliminated. They are ... Continue reading
2022-06-21
340 reads
Too many coding standards : T-SQL Tuesday #151
One of my favorite people, Malathi Mahadevan (blog|twitter), is our host this month and she’d like to talk about coding ... Continue reading
2022-06-14
87 reads
SQL Homework – June 2022 – SQL Agent Jobs continued.
A few years ago I gave you homework to create a SQL Agent Job and play with it a little ... Continue reading
2022-06-02
24 reads
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Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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