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  • RE: The Current Date

    At the PASS summit, they should hand out SQL Server DBA branded digital watches displaying the current datetime2 formatted as an ISO 8601 string.

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  • RE: SQL Server Management Studio add-ins

    Apparently there are at least a couple of SSMS addin authors here. What framework or programming guides do you guys recommend as a starting point for building addins?

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  • RE: Career move from Application DBA Manager to Business Intelligence Reporting (powerBI, data modelling etc)

    I'm somewhat playing Devil's Advocate here, and all BI teams are different and subject to evolutionary change, but ...

    The thing about working within the BI team, as opposed...

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  • RE: The Financial DBA

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Monday, July 24, 2017 9:31 AM

    jay-h - Monday, July 24, 2017...

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  • RE: Developer Edition - Free to use (or not)?

    dmbaker - Monday, July 24, 2017 6:57 AM

    This isn't really pertinent to your question but it is sort-of a "hidden cost"...

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  • RE: SSMS query completing in seconds, same query taking minutes from application

    It sounds like you're getting different execution plans for the same query, depending whether it's run from SSMS or application. For clues about why, use the DMV script below to...

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  • RE: The Financial DBA

    I see this responsibility (maintaining an inventory of Azure assets owned by the enterprise) falling under the umbrella of Platform Operations or Data Governance, not necessarily the DBA team. Not...

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  • RE: SQL Server Management Studio add-ins

    gary.strange-sqlconsumer - Friday, July 21, 2017 4:04 AM

    Can anyone recommend a free data generation tool?

    Define what your needs are regarding "data generation".

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  • RE: Who inserted duplicated key value yesterday

    Yes, going forward, SPID and LoginName would be useful in the error log.

    For now, if no one fesses up to the infraction, then perhaps hold all the...

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  • RE: SSMS is Free

    Jeff Moden - Friday, July 21, 2017 7:56 AM

    Eric M Russell - Friday, July 21, 2017 7:23...

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  • RE: Looking Back

    ZZartin - Friday, July 21, 2017 8:42 AM

    archie flockhart - Friday, July 21, 2017 5:28 AM

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  • RE: Looking Back

    Regarding the observation that the pace or quality of documentation often doesn't keep up with the pace of software development, one factor is that documentation is often left up to...

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  • RE: Find and Replace a value across all tables in database

    If you must do something like this, then at least automate it using a simple and tested script like the author provides. In the distant past, I've seen projects where...

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  • RE: SSMS is Free

    Jeff Moden - Thursday, July 20, 2017 8:15 PM

    I hate the fact that neither SSMS or Books Online comes with SQL Server...

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  • RE: SSMS is Free

    What I've observed about SSMS 2016, since it was ported to VS framework, is that it takes longer to load and will occasionally freeze up. I'm guessing it has more...

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