SQL Nexus Wrap Up
This past week, I presented a preconference session and regular session at this year’s SQL Nexus conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. I...
2017-05-05
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Redgate Alexa Contest Winners!
A couple of weeks ago we had a small contest here to pick a skill for Alexa. The entries were...
2017-05-05
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Trace Flag 1117 Growth and Contention
In this video I talk about Trace Flag 1117 and how it was designed to help keep data file growth...
2017-05-05
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Trace Flag 1117 Growth and Contention
In this video I talk about Trace Flag 1117 and how it was designed to help keep data file growth...
2017-05-16 (first published: 2017-05-05)
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I’m on dbatools!
I made the front page of dbatools, as a part of the community that is supporting this project. Along with...
2017-05-05
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Replacing an expiring SQL Server encryption key
So you’re using encryption in SQL Server, but you’ve discovered that the expiration date of a certificate is expiring. What...
2017-05-17 (first published: 2017-05-05)
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It's Just Another 9002...another error like all the rest...
11:30pm on a Saturday night, and the pager went off…
Error: 5901, Severity: 16, State: 1.One or more recovery units belonging...
2017-05-05
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Why Log Shipping is Better than Database Mirroring for Migrations
This topic has come up several times recently, so I feel the need to blog on it. As the person...
2017-05-05
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Power BI Announcements Summary
It was a crazy week for Power BI. There were quite a lot of announcements, so I’ll try to wrap...
2017-05-05
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Friday Reading 2017-05-05
Into May and a big couple of events this week in SQL Nexus and the Powershell Conference EU 2017, looking...
2017-05-05
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Blogs
New article – migrating from a named instance
By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
Using the SIGN() Function: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was trolling the docs and noticed the SIGN() function. I have never written...
T-SQL Tuesday #201 Round-Up: Temp Tables, Friend or Foe?
By ReviewMyDB
The T-SQL Tuesday #201 round-up: nine bloggers on whether temp tables are a friend...
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RegEx Functions I
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RegEx Functions I
Which of these RegEx functions need compatibility level 170 in SQL Server 2025?
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