Running Powershell scripts remotely.
I’ve only recently started to play with Powershell (PoSH) but even I’ve begun to discover what a huge number of...
2015-04-29
1,597 reads
SQLStudies
What SQL version is my SSIS package?
When SSIS first came out there were huge numbers of jokes and posts about all of the problems and how...
2015-04-27
1,101 reads
Backup before you restore
You should always be recoverable. If you haven’t heard that before, take note of it. It’s important.
A while back...
2015-04-22
497 reads
The hidden security of msdb
To be fair it’s not actually hidden, just not so well known.
Have you ever wondered how to grant permissions...
2015-04-20
1,496 reads
Adding, altering or removing multiple columns from a table
I was recently asked to do some fairly heavy modifications to a table. It involved adding 6 new columns, removing...
2015-04-16
746 reads
Remotely shutting down an instance
This month for T-SQL Tuesday Mike Donnelly (b/t) decided to pick a topic to fit in with Ed Leighton-Dick’s (b/t)...
2015-04-23 (first published: 2015-04-14)
5,322 reads
Make sure you back up the Service Master Key
I’m by no means an expert in SQL Server encryption. What I do know however, is that the Service Master...
2015-04-08
811 reads
What is a CTE
CTEs (Common Table Expressions) are one of the most interesting and useful tools added to T-SQL in the last decade....
2015-04-06
692 reads
Microsoft buys the dictionary
It seems that Microsoft has finally gotten tired of all the jokes about the word “performant” or using “ask” as...
2015-04-01
483 reads
Port numbers and SQL Server
I made a mistake the other day. I’ll admit it. I was wrong. Now I know all of you are...
2015-04-03 (first published: 2015-03-30)
8,801 reads
Blogs
A Broken Copilot Query
By Steve Jones
I was testing the new SSMS (v22 Preview 3) with Copilot and ran into...
SQL Server Alerts
By Kevin3NF
Don’t Let Trouble Sneak Up on You Most SQL Servers run quietly. Until...
Prompt AI helping with Auditing
By Steve Jones
I had a conversation with a customer asking this question: how can I tell...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Create an HTML Report on...
Building a RESTful API with FastAPI and PostgreSQL
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Building a RESTful API with...
Collation errors...what is best way to deal with it?
Hi I have a SP that occasionally get this error: Cannot resolve the collation...
Question of the Day
A Common Split
What happens when I run this code:
DECLARE @s VARCHAR(1000) = 'apple, pear, peach' SELECT * FROM STRING_SPLIT(@s, ', ')See possible answers