What to do next certification wise
I feel rather flat today. I passed the 3rd entry level 2012 exam a few hours ago, data warehousing to...
2013-09-19
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Hit Fast Forward: Converting and deploying DTS packages
This one is just a quick shout-out to Pragmatic Works, and to Sean. Pragmatic Works made DTS xChange, which I...
2013-09-19
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How to Split a string by delimited char in SQL Server..............
However I posted this one in one of my post.
Querying Microsoft SQL Server : Functions in SQL Server: Functions in SQL...
2013-09-19
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Extract DacPac Using Command Line
When extracting Dacpacs it’s quite straightforward to go through the UI and extract, however what if you want to do this for more than one database, or automate the...
2013-09-19
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First Presentation – Post Mortem
So it is done, it being my first presentation at a professional event. As you may recall, I recently presented...
2013-09-18
325 reads
The Dangers of Detach
I ran across a twitter conversation about a post recently. The post talks about detaching or attaching databases in bulk....
2013-09-18
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sp_DBPermissions V2.0
Last month I posted my stored procedures sp_SrvPermissions and sp_DBPermissions. I’m posting V2.0 of each with a few fixes. The...
2013-09-23 (first published: 2013-09-18)
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sp_SrvPermissions V2.0
Last month I posted my stored procedures sp_SrvPermissions and sp_DBPermissions. I’m posting V2.0 of each with a few fixes. The...
2013-09-23 (first published: 2013-09-18)
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Finding Ad Hoc Queries with Query Hash
I was presenting a session on how to read execution plans when I received a question: Do you have a...
2013-09-20 (first published: 2013-09-18)
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Brad Shultz's blog on reviewing your database
Reblogged from SQL Studies: This is possibly the best blog I have every read on the subject of reviewing a...
2013-09-18
633 reads
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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