Who did what to my database and when…
One of the most popular questions on forums / SO etc is, “How can i find out who dropped a table,...
2016-08-30 (first published: 2016-08-22)
2,815 reads
Dave Ballantyne
Why is creating excel sheets from SSIS so hard ?
If there is one process that should be simpler than it is out of the box, it is creating Excel...
2016-06-17
1,422 reads
.Net 4.6.1 and MultiSubnetFailover
Im not a big clustering/HA expert, but I obviously understand the need for such things to exist
However, the standard...
2016-03-24
1,165 reads
A journey to a movie recommender in U-SQL
I haven’t gotten to involved in the whole “Big Data” movement to much, I’ve kept an arms length watch and...
2016-03-23 (first published: 2016-03-20)
1,858 reads
A first look at SQL Server 2016–String_split
I’ve been developing T-SQL for about 20 years now and almost since day one there has been functionality that , IMO,...
2016-03-13
586 reads
My favourite wait state– ASYNC_NETWORK_IO
Sometimes it does feel that a problem is a database problem until proven otherwise. When this does occur I have...
2016-03-03 (first published: 2016-02-28)
2,817 reads
SQL Saturday 496 Exeter – PreCon Agenda
Hi
Unfortunately due to matters outside of my control, SQL Saturday 502 in Edinburgh has been cancelled, I would like...
2016-02-14
481 reads
SQL From South West to Scotland : SQLSaturdays #496 & #502
I’m happy, honoured and humbled to be able to say that I will be presenting pre-cons and both SQL Saturday...
2016-01-17
388 reads
A first look at Redgate Reference Data Manager
Over the past few years one of the big drives and innovations in the SQL Server world, has been to bring...
2016-01-05
421 reads
SQL Saturday 467 - Precon - Query processing and internals
Im not doing a tremendous amount of public speaking this year and concentrating on more professional matters, however im pleased...
2015-10-04
449 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
Forums
Immediate Recap: Pounds 124, Clippers 117
No person would create the situation that a eye-catching video game of basketball was...
NFC Wild Card Breakdown: Cowboys vs. Packers
The Fresh Orleans Saints are shed the playoffs for the 3rd instantly time, which...
how can i tell if our db2 driver is ms or ibm or other?
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
Question of the Day
A Strange Result
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers