Listing SQL Instances on a machine (or list of machines)
TweetG’day,
Recently I was updating some of my Powershell scripts for managing SQL SERVER instances.
Generally, when writing a Powershell script to...
2012-04-17
5,717 reads
measure twice, cut once.
SQL Saturday 136 – Wellington. Speakers review.
TweetG’day,
On Saturday 16th April 2012, I attended SQL Saturday #136 in Wellington, New Zealand.
The day was run by Dave Curlewis [Blog...
2012-04-16
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #136 – Wellington, New Zealand
TweetG’day,
On Saturday 14th April I’ll be speaking at SQL Saturday 136 in Wellington, New Zealand.
My presentation is titled “Extended Events...
2012-04-12
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Database ownership
TweetG’day,
One of the features that I most like about management studio is the ability to generate a script of the...
2012-04-04
950 reads
Remote DAC connections
TweetG’day,
I wrote a post recently about setting the DAC port for an SQL instance.
I now do this as a matter...
2012-03-31
1,890 reads
Setting the DAC port….
TweetG’day,
I had a situation today where I needed to ensure that the dedicated Administrator connection (DAC) ran on a specific port.
The main...
2012-01-31
9,875 reads
Watch those VARCHAR(MAX) columns, and ONLINE index rebuilds
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I’ve noted a few instances lately of cases where VARCHAR(MAX) columns have been used unnecessarily, when a small value (for a...
2011-10-26
14,132 reads
sp_configure OR sys.configurations? and do you back these up?
G’day,
I was checking out some of our configuration options today using sys.configurations and I started to wonder how many people...
2011-10-20
6,766 reads
Dropping a database – such a simple thing!
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I think it’s a safe bet that everybody here has issued a DROP DATABASE statement and knows what to expect.
Well,...
2011-10-18
4,404 reads
Online index rebuilds
G’day,
I’m probably not the only one that has noticed that as the volume of data gets bigger in out databases,...
2011-09-28
1,035 reads
Blogs
How to find free space in Azure PosgreSQL
I wanted to figure out how big (or approximately how big) my dump file...
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
Forums
Compare rows within the same table
I have a table. Structure in script below. I have to compare and see...
Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats?
I have an application team that is insisting on daily (and for some, weekly)...
how can i tell if our db2 driver is ms or ibm or other?
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
Question of the Day
A Strange Result
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers