Backup History
Can you tell me the drive we were backing up server #58 to exactly 8 months ago, and, if possible,...
2013-05-14
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Simple SQL Server
Cluster Info
This script is so simple you’ll start off by asking why you’d ever use it. Then you’ll use it and...
2013-05-14
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File Sizes
There are two scripts I like to use to look at the file sizes on servers. The first one is...
2013-05-14
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Copy / Paste Code
Copy / Paste formatted text is a nightmare in WordPress. I’m singling out WordPress because I use it, and, from what...
2013-05-13
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Database Assessment
This script looks much more intimidating than the results it produces, so I recommend running it before reading through it. ...
2013-05-11
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2013-05-10
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers