PowerShell – OS Inventory and Disk Info – Consolidated Excel File – EMAIL
This script is used to discover all the server information and captures disk drive utilization details. The drive details are...
2014-05-21
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Quick Tips – SQL Prompt Stop the Yelling
I love SQL Prompt, and think it’s a great productivity tool. Even before I worked at Red Gate, I love...
2014-05-21
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DBA Myths: A table with a primary key is not a heap
Typically when you see a heading like this you know the answer is “No” or “False” but in this case...
2014-05-21
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Why Won't My Clustered Instance Start?
Last weekend I had a client page me in the middle of the night (because, of course, these things always...
2014-05-21
2,624 reads
Cumulative Update – 10 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !
The 10th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available for download at the Microsoft...
2014-05-21
997 reads
Attaching All Databases with PowerShell – The Overview
TL;DR Script is here: Git Hub Powershell Scripts. It’s the attachdbs.ps1 and will attach all databases in a folder to...
2014-05-20
1,685 reads
Varchar "miracle" and best practice
I've just spent fifteen minutes helping colleague to find "miracle in t-sql code".
- There should be rows, definitely! I can...
2014-05-20
674 reads
Running Out of Foreign Keys-Question of the Day
Running Out of Foreign Keys is live today. Nothing too interesting about this one, a straight forward question where you...
2014-05-20
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Presenting at ONETUG on July 10, 2014
I’ll be presenting SQL Performance for Developers to the members of ONETUG on July 10, 2014. I’m going to hit...
2014-05-20
415 reads
Comparison of Columnstore Compression
SQL Server 2012 introduced non-clustered columnstore indexes, and SQL Server 2014 gave us clustered columnstore indexes. Both share the same...
2014-05-20
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
SSL/TLS Cert Validity Periods Decreasing
Hi, to all of you who are using CA certs on SQL Server boxes...
It's Never Just One Thing
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Calculating Min-Max Normalization in PowerBI
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Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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