So, just got done converting some views and table-value functions over to stored procedures that I can use instead.

The TVFs and views are for security auditing, they're really just pre-written...

Couple thoughts on this one, leaving aside what curious_sqldba stated.

First, are the disks Direct Attached Storage (DAS) or something else? If they're DAS, why wouldn't you be using a...

Brandie Tarvin (6/8/2016)

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User asks me to move this bit of code into QA:

ALTER TABLE MyTable

ADD Col1 INT,

Col2 INT

GO

I push back and say "Please add your statement...

Bear in mind, this is from installing SQL2014 Enterprise from the command line, but what I use is:

/FEATURES=SQLENGINE,IS,SSMS,ADV_SSMS

This *does* install SSMS on the system. I would suggest make sure...

Well, I'm planning to put together my own take on this, but I found someone who already invented the wheel so my take will need to be a better mousetrap...

Lynn Pettis (6/7/2016)

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jasona.work (6/7/2016)

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Lynn Pettis (6/7/2016)

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Jeff Moden (6/7/2016)

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It was almost as sarcastic as...

Luis Cazares (6/7/2016)

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jasona.work (6/7/2016)

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Nah. I was sorely tempted to put together a...

Lynn Pettis (6/7/2016)

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Jeff Moden (6/7/2016)

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It was almost as sarcastic as using LMGTFY but...

Nah. I was sorely tempted to put together a Powershell script to...

Time to run for a US Gov seat (maybe House of Reps,) get on a couple interesting committees and roll this method out to getting things done...

😀

I read this and suddenly felt millions of DBAs cry out in horror...

(Yes, it's the Daily WTF, scarily it might even be (mostly) true)

I would agree putting a new CU out, rather than re-releasing it under the same CU would've been a better choice. It's far to easy to look and say...

Happy National Leave the Office Early Day!!![/url]

So, who's going to celebrate this day today?

😀

So here's an interesting thought...

How do "security researchers" manage to find vulnerabilities in a product?

This came to me while I was reading an article on a researcher who during an...

Grant Fritchey (6/1/2016)

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jasona.work (6/1/2016)

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You know what's annoying?

When you're reading something, think of something (maybe related, maybe not) that you want to look up, and in the time it took to...