#PowershellBasics: Get input using Read-Host
Conditions are the life blood of programming. This condition is met so now I need to do this task. That ... Continue reading
2020-02-11 (first published: 2020-02-05)
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Kenneth Fisher
SQL Homework – February 2020 – Write a blog post.
Following along with last month’s documentation homework this month I want you to write a blog post. But Ken, what ... Continue reading
2020-02-07 (first published: 2020-02-03)
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CREATE TABLE MyTable (Col1 CHARACTER VARYING (50))
If you read the title to this post and your first thought was That’s not SQL is it? then you ... Continue reading
2020-02-05 (first published: 2020-01-27)
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Changing the owner of a schema removes all direct permissions of objects owned by the schema.
This is one of those things that probably doesn’t happen all that often, but bit me in the … elbow ... Continue reading
2020-01-31 (first published: 2020-01-22)
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Common commands and tasks to make dealing with Windows Core easier.
I don’t know how many of you are working with Windows Core these days but personally I think it’s a ... Continue reading
2020-01-29 (first published: 2020-01-20)
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Insperation
Inspiration: The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative. a person or ... Continue reading
2020-01-29
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Permissions required for row counts to show up on Object Explorer Details
I ran into a rather obscure permissions problem the other day. Since I wasn’t able to figure it out on ... Continue reading
2020-01-23 (first published: 2020-01-16)
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My experiences with Imposter Syndrome: T-SQL Tuesday #122
Jon Shaulis (blog|twitter) is hosting T-SQL Tuesday this month. Thanks Jon! And the subject is obvious if you read the ... Continue reading
2020-01-21 (first published: 2020-01-14)
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Help! My restore has finished but the database still has a status of recovering.
I’ve been thinking about writing this for a bit and then a co-worker actually had this problem recently, so, well, ... Continue reading
2020-01-17 (first published: 2020-01-08)
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What is the program_name in sys.dm_exec_sessions?
If you’ve ever looked at the output for sys.dm_exec_sessions you may have noticed the column program_name. Frequently you’ll see entries ... Continue reading
2020-01-13 (first published: 2020-01-06)
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Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
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...
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Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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