SQL Server – Backup to NUL trick - read throughput
A neat test for read speed backup throughput is to use the Backup to NUL .
NUL is a special “file”. It's...
2012-01-11
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Houston Area SQL Server User Group Presentation
Thanks for everyone who attended my presentation “How To Make a LOT More Money as a Consultant” at HASSUG.
Here is...
2012-01-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #26 – Second Changes with Date/Time
I missed the very first T-SQL Tuesday, so when this month’s topic of second chances came up, I decided to...
2012-01-10
1,409 reads
PowerView: Coordinating Chart Colors
During a recent customer engagement I was asked if it was possible to ensure that the colors in a Line...
2012-01-10
1,614 reads
TSQL Tuesday #026 – Second Chances
Welcome to the first TSQL Tuesday of 2012! This month’s soiree is being hosted by Dave Howard (blog | twitter) and...
2012-01-10
921 reads
FIRST_VALUE() Analytic Function–SQL Server 2012
Given a customer table:
CREATE TABLE Customers
(CustId INT, OrderDate DATE, OrderAmount MONEY) ;
INSERT Customers VALUES
(1, ’2011-12-03', 12500)
, (1, ’2011-10-07', 15000)
, (1,...
2012-01-10
845 reads
Server Name and SQL Server Name
I have, in the past had the need to rename a server, either because the server has been named incorrectly...
2012-01-10
787 reads
TSQL Tuesday #26 or #23 – Identity Crisis
This second chance, gives me the opportunity to finally talk about a topic that has been on my to-blog list for quite some time. I hope this post will...
2012-01-10
9 reads
TSQL Tuesday #26 or #23 – Identity Crisis
The first opportunity of this New Year to participate in TSQLTuesday, we have been invited by David Howard (blog) to...
2012-01-10
894 reads
How safe are your secrets?
We’ve all have service accounts, application accounts, sysadmin and domain admin accounts and other privileged shared accounts on our systems....
2012-01-10
647 reads
Blogs
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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