Recently I had the need to help someone download some data from SQL Server as a part of an automated process. In this case, the person wanted to use PowerShell (PoSh), since they were performing a few other actions with PoSh as well. This article is a short tutorial on exporting data from SQL Server […]
Every DBA should have basic PowerShell skills. In this article, Greg Moore explains how to write a PowerShell script that can create a window for a countdown timer.
SQL Change Automation 4.1 now allows users to develop static data changes from SQL Server Management Studio.
In this next level of the Stairway to Integration Services, we look at the SSIS catalog environments and how they help you manage your package parameters.
If you’re looking for SQL Server news, just skip this post. Brent talks about general business & capacity planning type stuff here today.
Problem Developing OLAP cubes have always been fascinating to me. Right after completing the development of a data warehouse, my next line of action often becomes setting up Analysis Services for the warehouse. Although, there are multiple client tools readily available in the market to perform some analysis on this SSAS Server, sometimes it is […]
Today is the last day of 2019, and the last day of the 2010 decade. I'm still somewhat amazed by the fact that we're entering the 2020s and we still don't really have flying cars. We're well past 2001 and 2010, and still not much space exploration, though the growth in computing power and AI/ML […]
In this article we look at different T-SQL examples to create a new SQL Server database.
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I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
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