Find SQL Server Installation – Date and Time – 2005 Onwards
SELECT create_date as ‘SQL Server Install Date’ FROM sys.server_principals WHERE name=’NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM’
2013-04-10
703 reads
PowerShell – Pattern Search – Local or Remote Folder
#Description : List all the files of a local or remote drive, run this PowerShell script using PowerShell-ISE.exe for better execution...
2013-04-10
740 reads
Set DAC port with a specific number
Usually named instance can uses dynamic port, if firewall setup on the server, you can use SQL Server Configuration Manager...
2013-04-18 (first published: 2013-04-10)
5,099 reads
SSRS Map Label Overlap Fixed
In Reporting Services 2008 r2 and above there is a great tool called the Map tool. It is great for...
2013-04-10
976 reads
Staggering SQLIO Sessions Across Multiple Volumes
In a previous post, I discussed running SQLIO against multiple files. The purpose in using multiple files is being able...
2013-04-22 (first published: 2013-04-10)
2,017 reads
SQL Server 2000 is unsupported
Microsoft no longer supports SQL Server 2000 in any capacity.
http://youtu.be/A5cneCgNA9U
2013-04-10
826 reads
Run DBCC CHECKDB on a regular basis
Problem One common task as DBA is to run DBCC CHECKDB on a regular basis to detect and correct potential corruption...
2013-04-18 (first published: 2013-04-10)
11,907 reads
DMV-6 : How well my store procedure doing ?……..sys.dm_exec_procedure_stats
sys.dm_exec_procedure_stats DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc280701.aspx
Returns aggregate performance statistics for cached stored procedures. The view...
2013-04-10
1,913 reads
Las Vegas April 2013 UG Meeting
AlwaysOn – Finally, A usable ‘mirror’! In the past, High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HADR) had many limitations. Clustering and Mirroring are great, but the mirror/secondary database is not...
2013-04-10
9 reads
Las Vegas April 2013 UG Meeting
AlwaysOn – Finally, A usable ‘mirror’!
In the past, High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HADR) had many limitations. Clustering and Mirroring are...
2013-04-10
866 reads
Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
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...
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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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