Search and Export Script for SQL Server Databases
Plainly speaking, this article is about searching for a specific value inside all tables and their columns of a SQL database and...
2024-04-24 (first published: 2024-04-09)
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Finding the Latest Backup Timestamps for Your Databases
I wanted to find out the most recent date and time each database was last backed up, focusing specifically on full, differential,...
2024-04-08 (first published: 2024-03-29)
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Understanding and Using xp_sqlagent_enum_jobs in SQL Server
What is xp_sqlagent_enum_jobs?
xp_sqlagent_enum_jobs is an undocumented, extended stored procedure in Microsoft SQL Server. It is used to provide information about the jobs that are...
2024-02-12 (first published: 2024-01-31)
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SQL Server's Buffer Cache: How to Calculate Dirty Page Sizes
As we know, the SQL Server buffer cache is an area or region inside the server's memory where SQL Server...
2024-02-05 (first published: 2024-01-24)
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Best Practice Tip #1: Beware of Best Practices
It may sound contractionary that the first item of a best practices list is to be wary of...
2024-02-02 (first published: 2024-01-18)
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A Primer on Attaching Databases with PowerShell Method AttachDatabase
Attaching a SQL Server database using PowerShell can be straightforward. Here's an effective and easy approach using the...
2024-01-31 (first published: 2024-01-16)
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SQL Server Error 8623
At least once day, an application for one of the databases I manage gets this error:The query processor ran out of internal...
2024-01-29 (first published: 2024-01-13)
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2023-12-04 (first published: 2023-11-20)
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How to Downgrade a SQL Server Database To A Previous Version?
Upgrading a SQL Server database to a newer version is one of the core duties...
2023-10-20 (first published: 2023-10-06)
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How To Gain Access To SQL Server When No DBA
When I showed a draft of this article to a friend of mine, to...
2023-10-11 (first published: 2023-09-22)
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By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
By HeyMo0sh
Something has shifted quietly in 2026. The developers I know/respect—the ones actually shipping, not...
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
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