SQL Server 2017+ How To Replace Multiple Characters In A Single Statement With TRANSLATE
The REPLACE function in SQL Server has until now been quite limited. SQL Server 2017 has introduced a new TRANSLATE...
2017-07-05
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Spell-checking dbatools with Visual Studio Code
Earlier this week I was working on adding a new feature to Update-DbaTools and while looking at another cmdlet to check syntax/conventions, I noticed an ugly typo in some...
2017-07-05
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How to Automatically Purge Historical Data From a Temporal Table
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Temporal Tables are awesome.
They make analyzing time-series data a cinch, and because they automatically track row-level history, rolling-back from an "oops" scenario doesn't mean...
2017-07-04
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Celebrate Your Independence with Free Tools
Been working on this blog post for a while, thought I'd share today an inventory of tools I use regularly...
2017-07-04
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Using Get-SQLDiagFix to get information from the SQL Server Diagnostic API with PowerShell
The SQL Server Diagnostics Preview was announced just over a week ago It includes an add-on for SQL Server Management...
2017-07-18 (first published: 2017-07-04)
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Database Mirroring Needs FQDNs
A quick basic post, and one that I’ve forgotten. Since blogging is a good way to remind myself of things,...
2017-07-03
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Toolbox - Where Did All My Space Go?
This is the first in a new series of blogs I am going to create talking about useful tools (mostly...
2017-07-14 (first published: 2017-07-03)
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SQL Homework – July 2017
For years Russ Thomas (b/t) has done a Monthly DBA Challenge and in fact I’ve used it as insperation a...
2017-07-03
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24 Hours of PASS, Summit Preview Session
I’m proud to announce that I’ve been selected to present a session in this year’s 24 Hours of PASS: Summit...
2017-07-03
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Creating the SSIS Catalog
If you are building SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages, using the SSIS catalog as a deployment target is usually...
2017-07-03
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
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Checking the Error Log II
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