dbatools for the accidental DBA
dbatools is a very well known tool within the SQL Server community, and probably most of the production DBA’s are...
2019-04-04 (first published: 2019-03-18)
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DBA Mastery
Speaker at SQL Saturday’s Guatemala city 2019
I’m very happy to announce that for the second year in a row I will be participating as speaker in...
2019-02-15
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Multi-server scripts with SSMS using SQLCMD mode
SSMS is the most common tool used by SQL Developers or DBA’s but unfortunately there are some features that are...
2019-01-30 (first published: 2019-01-16)
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Determine database version from a bak file
Have you ever imagine you can determine the version of SQL Server from a bak or a MDF file? I...
2018-11-26 (first published: 2018-11-15)
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Is your SQL Server environment ready for GDPR? Part 2
In my previous blog post of this topic, I talked about the definition of what GDPR is and also described...
2018-11-09 (first published: 2018-10-30)
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Creating Wait stats widget on Azure Data Studio for macOS
A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft released a new multi-platform tool called Azure Data Studio, this tool is the final...
2018-10-18 (first published: 2018-10-09)
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Starting SSMS with a specific connection and script file
Have you ever wanted SSMS to start and automatically and establish a connection to your DBA \ hub server and have...
2018-10-15 (first published: 2018-10-02)
7,459 reads
I will be speaking at SQL Saturday # 788 – Denver
I’m very thrilled to announce that I will be participating as speaker in Denver’s SQL Saturday that will take place on...
2018-09-07
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MAXDOP Calculator
Every time I conduct a SQL Server health check, it’s pretty common for me to find wrong configurations at instance...
2018-08-28
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Guatemala SQL Server local group
Good news for all the Guatemalan data professionals, starting from August 2018 you have an official PASS SQL Server local...
2018-08-23
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Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
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...
Forums
Lots of FKs
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Real-time On-prem SQL Server Data in Excel – Over the Internet
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Can You Let Go of Determinism
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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