Getting Started with GitHub for dbatools
I’ve recently started contributing to the dbatools project and it’s all done through GitHub. Prior to this, I’d never used git and GitHub for anything more than an offsite...
2017-08-09
5 reads
FLX SQL
T-SQL Tuesday #92: Lessons Learned the Hard Way
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Raul Gonzalez and he’s asked everyone to share things we might be a bit embarrassed about:
For this month, I want you...
2017-07-11
5 reads
Spell-checking dbatools with Visual Studio Code
Earlier this week I was working on adding a new feature to Update-DbaTools and while looking at another cmdlet to check syntax/conventions, I noticed an ugly typo in some...
2017-07-05
13 reads
Don't Forget the Network
A few weeks ago I was looking at a query and got tripped up by the network and my own forgetfulness. It was a pretty simple query with a...
2017-06-12
3 reads
An Unexpected Side-Effect of Invoke-WebRequest
Recently I was working on a bit of PowerShell to download the awesome First Responder Kit from Brent Ozar Unlimited. The canonical URL for the FRK is http://firstresponderkit.org/ but...
2017-06-05
11 reads
How I Became a...SQL Server DBA
Kevin Hill mentioned this idea/series on a SQL community slack channel back in April and I thought it would be a good way to get back to blogging. The timing...
2017-05-30
24 reads
I Finally Get Cross Apply!
For years I’ve looked at various queries online in sample code, diagnostic queries using DMVs, and the like and seen CROSS APPLY in the FROM clauses. But I’ve never...
2017-05-22
4 reads
Adding Application Name to Invoke-SqlCmd2
In a previous post, I expressed some frustration over Invoke-SqlCmd not setting an Application Name for its ODBC connection, leaving us with the generic .NET SqlClient Library when looking at active sessions...
2017-01-20
48 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #86: SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Brent Ozar and he’s asked everyone to find interesting bug or enhancement requests in Microsoft Connect related to SQL Server.
The Connect item doesn’t have...
2017-01-10
3 reads
Make Your Application's Name Heard
Odds are, you’ve got more than one application or script accessing your database or SQL Server instance at any given time. You’re probably stacking them on a small number...
2017-01-02
7 reads
Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Forums
Which 'Where' statement conditional upon a variable
Thanks in advance for any clues on this. I am trying to write a...
Backup to Immutable Storage
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Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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