SQL Server Archive
Quickly execute a folder of SQL scripts using dbatools and PowerShell
I have often run into a situation where it’s been necessary to execute a bunch of scripts handed to me by developers or others. When there are only a couple of scripts to run, it’s not a
Importing Registered Servers from SSMS into Azure Data Studio – Port 1433
Drew Furgiuele came up with a PS script to import your SSMS Registered Servers into Azure Data Studio. He wrote it up in much more detail here: Importing Registered Servers from SSMS into Azure Data Studio –
Sharing: Feature Restrictions in SQL Server 2019 – a warning
Solomon Rutzky posted some thoughts on the new “Feature Restrictions” in SQL Server 2019, which some have said might help with SQL Injection. He writes up a lot of details about what Feature Restrictions were intended to
SQL Login Failures and Azure SQL
We ran into an issue recently with a large number of SQL Login failures triggering an alert for our sysadmins. This was in one of our Azure SQL databases so the usual tools to troubleshoot alerts don’t
A Speaker’s Workshop in 35 Minutes
Posted by paschott in SQL Server On November 28, 2018
Buck Woody shares a much abbreviated video of his speaking workshop to help others become a better speaker and present more effective sessions. Well, not the *whole* workshop. That’s a full-day long, with individualized attention and exercises.
TSQL: OUTPUT Columns Not In Target Table
One of the challenges I’ve run into regularly throughout my years trying to convert data from one system to another is that we have a set of old data, often with its own key values. That data
TSQL Tuesday: “Disabling” Triggers Without ALTERs
I’ve worked with my share of Triggers over the years. Most of the time, they were relatively simple affairs – do a simple update to a date if a row changed or track some basic audits somewhere.
ER Diagram Software Options for SQL Server
I’ve seen this come up several times recently in the SQL Server Community. There are diagrams built in to SSMS, but they’re a bit limited in their usefulness. You can’t easily break them down into sub-models or
SSIS Catalog (SSISDB) Cleanup
I really appreciate what MS has done w/ the SSIS Catalog. We have built-in logging at a level that wasn’t possible in prior releases, but that comes at a cost. The default retention is pretty high (365
Troubleshooting Database Mail on SQL Server 2016
Posted by paschott in SQL Server On November 25, 2016
tl/dr – Install the .NET Framework 3.5 feature on your server I was setting up a new SQL Server 2016 machine today and going through the normal configurations – setting permissions, setting backup/data locations, configuring database mail