Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 23 – Sparkline)

In this module you will learn how to use the Sparkline Power BI Custom Visual.  The Sparkline allows you to...

Autumn Update - Trick or Treat

Its been a busy few weeks for me, most of that outside of gethynellis.com I’m in the process of moving...

CISL 1.4.0 is released

Another happy release of the CISL (Columnstore Indexes Script Library) is live – this time it is 1.4.0!
This release is focusing...

SQL Server DMA – Data Migration Assistant V2.0

One of the benefits of twitter is that you get to hear about new tools quickly, one of the tools...

PASS Summit 2016 Wrapup

Last week I had one of the best experiences of my career – attending this year’s PASS Summit in Seattle. I...

Get Backup History for All Databases in Server

Here's a quick snippet to get a listing of the database backups that last occurred on a server. Most solutions...

Why Halloween slowed your queries

Let me start by saying that this isn’t your typical post about the Halloween problem. This is intended to describe...

Get Backup History for All Databases in Server

Here's a quick snippet to get a listing of the database backups that last occurred on a server. Most solutions...

Watch my PASS Summit Session on PASS TV

I’m just returning from an amazing week at PASS Summit where I meet many of you while working our Pragmatic...

t-sql random string generator

Note: originally published in our old blog on December 2008.

CodeProject
This is a simple stored procedure that you can use to generate a random string. You can use it...