Change the Settings of a Database Object Using Powershell
This post tells you how to change the QUOTED_IDENTIFIER and ANSI_NULLS settings of a database objects using Powershell.
Data Will Drive the World
Data and software will impact our lives more and more in the future. Steve Jones talks about some of the potential ways in which both of these have changed the world.
Red Gate Software Brings Free SQL Server Training Back to US Due to Popular Demand
Red Gate Software is bringing SQL in the City, the popular free training event, back to the US in three new cities. This October, the events will take place in Pasadena, Atlanta and Charlotte.
Uploading Data to Windows Azure SQL Database
One way of getting the advantages of the Cloud without having to migrate the entire database is to just maintain a copy of the data that needs to be accessible to internet-based users in Windows Azure SQL Database. There are various ways of keeping the two in sync, and Feodor Georgiev describes a solution based in using SSIS.
DBAs and the Fear of Time Off
Rodney Landrum on why many DBAs find it hard to ask for, and take, their due DBAcations.
Updating the TCP Port on a SQL Server Cluster Node
When installing 2 SQL Server instances on a Windows Cluster, the installation program requires a Named Instance during the installation of the second node and a dynamic TCP port is created. How do you update the TCP port after the installation in a clustered environment for the named instance?
SQL Server Sample Databases
This is a landing page for the sample SQL Server databases we are aware of.
The Job Posting - Do I really have to be the SQL God?
Looking for a job in the SQL Server industry can be a challenge for many people. Craig Farrell examines part of this process in his look at job postings and how you can interpret them.
Using source data from an SSRS report in PowerPivot for Excel
In this tip we would look using an existing SSRS report to provide the data for PowerPivot in Excel.
Blogs
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
dataMinds Saturday 2026 – Slides
At Saturday the 21st of February I’m presenting an introduction to dimensional modelling at...
Forums
AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
Hello, I inherited a number of tables with like 20-30 column using nvarchar(256) in...
is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
Question of the Day
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
I get this error message:Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 1 'JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE' is not a recognized built-in function name.What is wrong? See possible answers