Experimenting with Go-SQLCMD
At a few different conferences in early 2023, I’ve heard Microsoft employees talking about the version of sqlcmd, called go-sqlcmd. I’m not sure why the language it’s written in matters, and I suspect that Microsoft developers are proud of their work, …
SQL Prompt Safety Net Features for SSMS: Tab Coloring
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Extract SharePoint List Data and save to SharePoint Folder as CSV using Power Automate
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One use case for NOT using schema prefixes
I’ve long been a huge advocate for always referencing objects with a schema prefix in SQL Server. In spite of what may be a controversial title to many of my regular blog readers, I don’t really want you to stop that practice in most of you …
What Does Setting the SQL Server Compatibility Level Do?
If you right-click on a database in SQL Server Management Studio, you get an option to set Compatibility Level at the database level: When you upgrade SQL Server or you want to improve performance, which option should you choose? Should you always go w …
[Video] Office Hours Speed Round: 21 Answers in 15 Minutes
HONK HONK! It’s time for a fast round of answers to concise questions y’all posted and upvoted at https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:19 TheyBlameMe: Hi Brent. What is your view on using Dacpac diff …
Office Hours Speed Round, Easy Text Answers Edition
Some of the questions y’all post at https://pollgab.com/room/brento have easy one-line answers. Let’s knock ’em out: George: Hi Brent, what recently has been the most challenging/surprising/new-to-you performance issue you have encoun …
SQL Prompt Safety Net Features for SSMS: SQL History
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Create an Empty Database Using SQL Server Integration Services
Recently, we were working on a small project. The requirement was to create an empty copy of an existing database, meaning the new database could contain only database objects without data. The database was smaller and less complicated, so we completed …
Use DDL Triggers to Automatically Keep SQL Server Views in Sync
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Finding and Tuning Expensive Stored Procedures using SQL Monitor
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Data Oriented Cloud Security Mechanisms
Introduction Cloud Computing escalates the security risks of an organization. This happens because of the extended trust boundary associated with deploying IT assets beyond the data centers of the asset owners. The trust boundary exposes organizations …
Three Use Case Examples for SQL Subqueries
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[Video] Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About Azure SQL DB & MSSQL
Post your questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento and upvote the ones you’d like to see me answer. Here’s what we discussed today: 00:00 Start 01:40 prasad: Hi Brent, I want to become a full fledged database architect. I have been read …
SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Spring 2023
Ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates? Let’s find out in the spring 2023 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report. Out of 3,002 …