Recovering unsaved or modified scripts
Let’s face it we have all spent countless hours developing and/or polishing up our sql scripts deep into the wee hours of the night to the point of near exhaustion. We rise early the next morning (or a...
View ArticleQuery LinkedServer and Provider Information
First off I modified the (master.dbo.sp_MSset_oledb_prop) stored procedure just a bit and incorporated my own query to get the results I needed. Which you can find from lines 78 to 104 of the query at...
View ArticleFlight Recorder… WTH?
When I first encountered this I thought to myself… must be a database or service or some sort, not being entirely sure of what to expect. I searched throughout the instance starting with the database...
View ArticleDuplicate Commands within the Data Menu of BIDS 2008
I recently stumbled upon a problem where there were duplicate commands within the sub menu of Data in Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008. To give you a birds eye view below is what we were...
View ArticleGet Last Backup Date
There are many ways to go about getting the last backup date for any and all database but I tend to lean towards set based methods over using the GUI for many reasons. One in particular is for the fact...
View ArticleList All Analysis Services Databases
Well today was my first attempt outside of a classroom setting to dig my heels into SSAS DMX. I have an idea that I want to put into action (automating a process) and I believe it will benefit my...
View ArticleExtending Recent Files List in SSMS 2012
If you are like me you save most (if not all) of the scripts or queries that you create. It is just a huge time saver and with our aggressive work load we need all the time we can spare. In my case I...
View ArticleExporting Photos With BCP
I won’t get into all of the “ins and outs” about BCP, but feel free to read up on the subject here: Import and Export Bulk Data by Using the bcp Utility (SQL Server) Scenario I have images stored in a...
View ArticleIntermittent Lockups with SSMS 2012
First off this post should have been pressed long ago (5/31/2012), but for whatever reason I merely saved it to draft rather than publish it. So without further ado… Not long ago I started to encounter...
View ArticleAssociating SSRS Scriptions to SQL Jobs
I’ve dealt with a lot of scenarios where I needed to troubleshoot and test a reporting services subscription simply because it failed. Most of the issues stem from the owner permissions, typos when it...
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