SQL Server 2008 introduces " Policy Based Management " (PBM) as a way to better manage your servers. This was a feature that I really thought had, and still has a lot of potential for making the life of a DBA easier. The tagline for PBM is "manage...
Operations Manager has stacks of reports to help you monitor your applications' uptime, but reporting can be difficult until you understand all the different options, parameters, and the structure of the Operations Manager health model. Firstly, you need a clear idea about the way that your organization defines 'uptime', and only then you can start your reports. Thomas LaRock explains...
A follow-up on Adam Aspin's series about SSRS styles. I have emailed Adam the article because he suggested it would be good to have one here after his works get published.
In this new video, learn how to loop through your databases and tables. MVP Andy Warren shows how some system stored procedures included by Microsoft can push out the same code to a group of objects.
Working with others can be a challenge. This Friday's poll asks for those little annoyances in the workplace and how to deal with them.
Working with others can be a challenge. This Friday's poll asks for those little annoyances in the workplace and how to deal with them.
Working with others can be a challenge. This Friday's poll asks for those little annoyances in the workplace and how to deal with them.
I've been slowly looking at and experimenting with LinkedIn to see if it has value and if so, how to unlock it in a way that works for me. I mentioned it during my series on networking and since I've evolved a strategy that I think is interesting...
Using VB Script allows one to script out all the Sql Server objects in independent file.
Gail Shaw, the fabled 'gilamonster', earned her MVP and the gratitude of a host of SQL Server professionals seeking technical help with her expert forum posts on SQLServerCentral. She brings great enthusiasm to everything she does, and has a huge influence on the communities she joins.
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
By DataOnWheels
This is a blog that I am writing for future me and hopefully it’ll...
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
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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):
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