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Backup SQL Server Databases in Parallel with PowerShell

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I have a need to decrease the time my SQL Server database backups are taking to run. I thought about trying to run multiple backups at the same time to see if that would work. I could have created multiple SQL Server Agent Jobs to run at the same time, but I wanted a more dynamic way to handle this, so I created a PowerShell script that allows processes to run in parallel.

2017-10-30

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Strange String Splits

When I run this code, how many rows are returned?

DECLARE @meals NVARCHAR(1000) = N'夕食昼食朝食'
DECLARE @s NVARCHAR(1) = N'食'
SELECT value
FROM STRING_SPLIT(@meals, @s)
GO

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