Daily Coping 21 June 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-06-21
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Blog Posts
How to Reset the SA Password When Locked Out
Getting locked out of a SQL Server instance can happen due to a number of situations. The most common scenario I’ve encountered is when a SQL Server is moved...
2022-06-21
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Scary Scalar Functions - Part One: Parallelism
Foreword
I’m still surprised many people don’t realise how lousy Scalar functions (aka User Defined Functions aka UDFs) are. So because it’s my current focus in work and this Stack...
2022-06-21
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What’s next?
As I’m sure a fair number of you already know I was told my position had been eliminated. They are ... Continue reading
2022-06-21
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Daily Coping 20 Jun 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-06-20
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Microsoft Build event announcements
There were a number of data platform announcements at Microsoft Build yesterday that I wanted to blog about. Everything announced at Build can be found in the Microsoft Build 2022...
2022-06-20 (first published: 2022-05-25)
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New in SQL Server 2022 – Generate_Series
One of the new language features added in SQL Server 2022 is the GENERATE_SERIES function. This allows you to generate a SELECT * FROM GENERATE_SERIES(start=1, stop=7) This gives me...
2022-06-20
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Why You Should Run Your SQL Server Virtual Machines in Azure
SQL Server can run in any Virtual Machine that has the appropriate operating system (yes, I said that because I have some hope, that we will one day learn...
2022-06-20 (first published: 2022-06-03)
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Daily Coping 17 Jun 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-06-17
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Power BI Field Parameters and Slowly Changing Dimensions
Power BI field parameters are a new feature in Power BI Desktop, and it’s one of the best of the past months. In short, Power BI field parameters allow...
2022-06-17
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Blogs
Azure SQL offerings
By James Serra
There are three Azure SQL products with so many different deployment options, service tiers,...
T-SQL Tuesday #183 Roundup
By Steve Jones
I hosted this month’s T-SQL Tuesday party with my invitation asking about tracking permissions....
A Little Brainstorming with an AI
By Steve Jones
I was asked to do some a little thinking and brainstorming recently. Rather than...
Forums
MEMORYBROKER_FOR_RESERVE experience
Hi, Does anyone have experience with MEMORYBROKER_FOR_RESERVE ? when suddenly there is somehow constantly...
Moving Database Files
I just learned that my database was created on my C:\ drive in the...
Migrate MSSQL to MYSQL - Different Servers
I am needing to migrate a MSSQL db to MySQL, on a different server...
Question of the Day
Mixed Backups
I have a complex database with a few filegroups and files. Can I run a backup command like this? (assume file/filegroup names are valid).
BACKUP DATABASE [complex]
FILE = N'thirdone'
, FILE = N'thirdtwo'
, FILEGROUP = N'second'
TO DISK = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQL2022\MSSQL\Backup\complex.bak'
WITH NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'complex-Full Database Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10
GO
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