Inspector V2.6 now available
As always the code can be found here in our github repoWe updated our sample report here We forgot to mention V2.5! We added the ability to add Thresholds...
2021-07-23
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When Read Committed Snapshot Goes Bad – Version Store Filling TempDB
We all had those calls, it’s the middle of the night and we get that phone call that a customer is getting error messages due to their tempDB being...
2021-06-30 (first published: 2021-06-18)
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Encryption in SQL Server #1 – Column Level Encryption
For one reason or another data security and encryption has been coming up quite a bit in my day to day work recently and I’ve started to realise that...
2021-05-21 (first published: 2021-05-17)
438 reads
Generate a Random Number for Each Row in a Query {a better way}
A couple of years ago I wrote a post on how to generate a random number in SQL Server. https://sqlundercover.com/2017/06/22/generating-random-numbers-for-each-row-over-a-specified-range-and-other-funky-stuff-you-can-do-with-them/ It’s ok and it works, it’s also a method...
2021-03-31
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T-SQL Tuesday #135 – The Tools That Make My Job Awesome!
Blog posts have been few and far between from SQL Undercover lately but what better to try and get us back in the swing again than with T-SQL Tuesday....
2021-02-09
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SQL Server login – default database and failed logins
This is one of them little options that I see which quite often gets little consideration or gets set to a user database without consideration of what the consequences...
2020-12-09 (first published: 2020-11-30)
384 reads
Inspector 2.4 now available
All the changes for this release can be found in the Github Project page Mainly bug fixes this time around , but we have also added new functionality: Improvements...
2020-12-01
34 reads
sp_RestoreScript 1.8 Now Released
It looks like there was a bug lurking in sp_RestoreScript that was causing the wrong ALTER DATABASE command to be generated when using @SingleUser and a WITH MOVE parameter....
2020-11-23
45 reads
Undercover Academy – SQL Server Backup and Recovery – Module 1: Taking and Restoring a Backup
Welcome along to the first module in our Undercover Academy’s SQL Server Backup and Recovery course. In this module we’re going to look at how to take and restore...
2020-10-07 (first published: 2020-09-30)
334 reads
sp_RestoreScript 1.7 Released
sp_RestoreScript 1.7 has been released. For information and documentation please visit https://sqlundercover.com/2017/06/29/undercover-toolbox-sp_restorescript-a-painless-way-to-generate-sql-server-database-restore-scripts/ Changes in 1.7 New Parameters @IncludeCopyOnly – 1 – Copy only backups are included0 – Copy only...
2020-09-29
165 reads
Blogs
Distributed Availability Group Dashboard
The Distributed Availability Group Dashboard can be downloaded from our GitHub repo. https://github.com/SQLUndercover/UndercoverToolbox/blob/master/DAG%20Dashboard.pbix. This...
Comparing My Current Schema with a Backup with SQL Compare
By Steve Jones
A customer asked if they needed to restore a database from backup to compare...
Improving Our Conversations
By Brian Kelley
If we aren't having the same conversation, we aren't going to be heard. That's...
Forums
temp table columns not showing up in CTE
I'm new to the development side of the house and stuck on a CTE...
SSAS Cube Migration to Azure cloud
Dear All, I am currently working on a Proof of Concept (POC) where I...
create a table with data capture for next 3 years
Hello, I would like to build a table capturing data starting from 1st day...
Question of the Day
Local Storage Options
I'm setting up a SQL Server 2019 instance and we are planning on using SMB storage for our database files. However, the file share isn't ready, so the idea is to use the \127.0.0.1dbfile as the location to start and then move these files to the remote server. Can I do this?
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