Removing HTML tags from text data using PowerShell
There are situations when you may need to remove HTML tags from your character string data. PowerShell will let you "clean" the string data and export the result to a .csv file in a single step.
Catching Deadlock Information in SQL Logs
This article presents a handy way to retrieve deadlock information in an ordered way from the error log.
Dreaming of Windows
This week Steve Jones dreams about the changes he would like to see in the next version of Windows, unveiled this past week at the Microsoft Build Conference.
Intertia
This editorial was originally published on August 22, 2006. Steve Jones looks at the pace of change in companies and notes it ought to be dictated by the business, not IT.
TSQL Challenge 65 - Solving the Running Total Problem
This challenge invites you to solve one of the most common calculation challenges seen in applications that deal with financial -transactions.
Come to the Charleston PASS SQL Server User Group
The Charleston, SC PASS chapter is looking for speakers and new members. Read more and come to the Sept 20 meeting if you are near the area.
Storing Windows Event Viewer Output in a SQL Server table with PowerShell
Laerte Junior was asked for a quick and easy way to save the output from the Get-EventLog cmdlet in a SQL Server table. Luckily, he already knew about Chad Miller's excellent Out-DataTable and Write-DataTable functions, and has laid out everything we need to use them like pros.
Dotted Line Relationships Are Everywhere – Get Good at Them!
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Andy talks about the relationships we have at work with our management and how sometimes the indirect reports are hard to deal with.
Are you using Microsoft’s Azure platform?
We are conducting new product research and are keen to speak to people who have any experience (good or bad!) using Microsoft's SQL or Windows Azure. If you're interested and would like to get involved--tell us your frustrations, shape a new product, test-drive betas etc
Statistics on Ascending Columns
It comes as rather a shock to find out that one of the commonest circumstances in an OLTP database, an ascending primary key with most querying on the latest records, can throw the judgement of the Query Optimiser to the extent that perfomance nose-dives. Fabiano Amorim once again dons snorkel and goggles to explore the murky depths of execution plans to find out why.
Blogs
5 Starter Projects for Your AI and Data Engineering Portfolio
Reading tutorials is fine. Shipping something is better. If you are trying to break...
The Book of Redgate: Taking Breaks
By Steve Jones
We work hard at Redgate, though with a good work-life balance. One interesting observation...
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
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Running a Parameter-Sensitive Stored Procedure on a Secondary Replica
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers