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Reusing schedules in SQL Agent
1January 25, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
I’m a big fan of automation. You get it written, tested, and scheduled, then you just sit back and monitor …
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Start SQL Server without tempdb
1January 20, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
tl;dr; Re-start the instance in safe mode (-f startup parameter) and move tempdb. Then re-start without the parameter. While at …
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To the page and back again
1January 18, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
To the page It’s not one of those things you have to do frequently but every now and again you …
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What is RESULT SETS?
11January 14, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
I was reading some code the other day and it included the statement RESULT SETS. I’d never seen it before …
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MSDTC Requirements for SSIS Transactions
1January 6, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
MSDTC is frequently required when using transactions within SSIS. And not just when you are connecting to two SQL Server …
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2015 a year in review
7January 4, 2016 by Kenneth Fisher
It’s a new year, so time to look back at the previous year, and forward to the next. I’ll tell …
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Do you check for TRUSTWORTHY databases as part of your security audits?
7December 30, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
I ran a twitter poll the other day Do you check for databases with trustworthy turned on when you do …
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What does that N in nvarchar really mean?
9December 28, 2015 by Kenneth Fisher
In any study of Data Types in SQL Server you are going to have to look at the various string …
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