SSMS Tip: Portable User Settings
I’m a creature of habit. With the software tools that I use, I like to have everything in the same place every time, even if I’m working on a...
2019-12-15
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Tim Mitchell
SSMS Tip: Management Studio Script Projects
Did you know that SQL Server Management Studio can help you arrange your SQL scripts into logical groupings? SSMS includes the ability to associate multiple code files together into...
2019-12-14
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SSMS Tip: Vertical Text Selection
Occasionally, I’ll stumble across one of those neat tricks that makes me ask myself, “Why didn’t I know about this years ago?”. This next tip was one such discovery,...
2019-12-13
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SSMS Tip: Beep When Query Completes
I’m old enough to remember when multitasking was considered a good thing. From the same mouths that brought you “work smarter, not harder” came the advice to always be...
2019-12-12
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The Eleven Days of Festivus 2019
The weather is turning cooler, there is holiday music everywhere, and the relatives are all excited to get together and talk about politics. That can only mean one thing:...
2019-12-12
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PASS Summit 2019 – Day 1 Keynote
Today is the first full day of the PASS Summit, and this morning we kicked things off with a 2-hour opening ceremony and keynote. Networking and Growth PASS president...
2019-11-11 (first published: 2019-11-06)
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Using the SSIS Error Output On the Data Flow
When working in the SSIS data flow, you’ll notice that many sources and transformations and some destinations have a built-in output to handle errors. The error output allows the...
2019-09-30
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Using the SSIS Term Extraction for Data Exploration
Data exploration is an essential piece of any new ETL (extraction-transformation-load) process. Knowing the structure, type, and even the semantics of data sources can help the ETL developer or...
2019-10-01 (first published: 2019-09-23)
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Using Project Connections in SSIS
In SQL Server Integration Services, connection managers are used as gateways for most any external read and write operation. Connection managers are type- and format-specific, and in the case...
2019-09-24 (first published: 2019-09-16)
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Get Started with the For Loop Container in SSIS
SQL Server Integration Services is equipped with tasks and containers to make it easy to design and maintain the flow of ETL: which logic should be executed, when should...
2019-09-18 (first published: 2019-09-09)
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Blogs
Regression Testing: DAX User Defined Functions
User Defined Functions is a new feature in PowerBI currently in public preview. There...
The fundamental requirements of a reporting system
By ChrisJenkins
There are some fundamental boxes that your reporting system must tick. ✅ The figures...
Seeing the Bigger Picture: How A Monitoring Tool Changed My Approach to Estate Management
By Chris Yates
When it comes to managing complex database environments, having the right monitoring solution is...
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SQL MI Next-gen general purpose tier
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Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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The Last Good DBCC Run
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The Last Good DBCC Run
I want to check when DBCC CHECKDB was last run on my Baseball database. What code should I use?
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