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Another SSWUG mention found…
Seems I was quoted in another SSWUG email daily newsletter a while back. The topic of conversation for quite a few days was index fragmentation and how to handle it. Link to article:...
View Article“Indexes? We don’t need no stinking indexes!”
Yeah, right…..Alright, now that I’ve got your attention (or at least I better have if you’re a DBA worth your weight in any known unit of measure), below is a quick query for finding AND generating a...
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Remote SQL Server Configuration Manager Access
Today, while updating some CMS (Centralized Management Server) registrations, I stumbled upon something rather useful. The finding was that you can remotely access the SQL Server Configuration Manager...
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SSMS 2008 Bug Displaying SQL Server 2005 Database Objects
Just another quick post to help anyone dealing with a rather annoying bug found in the 2008 SSMS. Turns out that there is a permissions/join bug in the 2008 SSMS when users who have lesser privileges...
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Open Transactions Stuck in the Log of a Database in Simple Recovery Mode
The situation: I found I had a transaction log that had grown somewhat out of control on a SQL Server 2008 server and pressing hard on what little disk space I had left on a system. I needed to shrink...
View ArticleSQL Agent Jobs owned by individual users – Quick Fix
Today I’m sharing a “quickly whipped script” to change the owner of SQL Agent Jobs to SA (or another of your choosing), so if the individual job owner were to leave the company and their AD account...
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Hey DBAs, how do you provide passwords to end users?
So and end user has decided they need a new login created on your SQL Server to complete a project/assignment. Immediately a question explosion happens in your mind, right? What will the login name be?...
View ArticleProcedure to Validate SQL Server Replication Convergence
Today I’m posting a turn-key solution for those of you out there supporting SQL Server replication. The purpose of the stored procedure created by the script provided below is simply to leverage a...
View ArticleSQL PASS Summit 2011 – A First Timers View
So, as promised, I’m lightly documenting my experience as a first timer at the SQL PASS Summit. In the next few posts, I’ll be specifically covering the 2011 Summit, held in Seattle, WA. I’ll break it...
View ArticleSQL PASS Summit 2011 – A First Timers View – Day 3
This post is part 3 of at least a 4 post article on my First Timer view of the SQL PASS Summit as I experienced it personally. If you missed the first posts, click here. Day 3 Day 3 for me, Day 2 of...
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