Blog Post: Expression.Evaluate() In Power Query/M
A year ago I wrote a post on loading the M code for a Power Query query from a text file using the Expression.Evaluate() function, but I admit that at the time I didn’t understand how it worked...
View ArticleComment on PowerShell – Change SQL Server Login Password
If you are facing problems due to forgotten passwords then you should try to use effective third party SQL Server Password Recovery Software that helps you to reset MS SQL Server 2008 password and can...
View ArticleBlog Post: Enough Is Enough! Why Do We Have To Be At Risk?
When Do We Say Enough Is Enough? Recently Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced that the ‘private’ information of up to 80 million customer was stolen. It wasn’t anything about medical history...
View ArticleBlog Post: Powershell to Robocopy files (say, to back up your computer to...
We were having a good time on DBAs@Midnight, when Sean got a weird pop up message that said all his files were encrypted, and he has to pay a laRobocopyToDestrge amount of money via Bitcoin to get the...
View ArticleBlog Post: #0354 – SQL Server – Implementing case sensitive search in a case...
Searching data from a column is a very common requirement – but with unique variants in each application. Recently, I came across one such requirement: Underlying database, table and columns use a...
View ArticleBlog Post: More Power BI Licensing Details
At the end of last week I came across an interesting link on Twitter (thanks Devin ) with more details on how the ‘new’ Power BI will be licensed, and how existing Power BI subscribers will move to...
View ArticleBlog Post: T-SQL – Read CSV files using OpenRowSet
We can directly access a CSV file using T-SQL. Input file Configure server to run Ad Hoc Distributed Queries sp_configure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries',1 GO reconfigure GO Check for Microsoft Access...
View ArticleBlog Post: TSQL Tuesday #63: – DBA Myths: You can’t deny something to a...
So I’m hosting T-SQL Tuesday this month and decided that since security is something everyone has to deal with it would make a fun topic for this month. I’d actually written this post before I wrote...
View ArticleBlog Post: How to Find Operators with a Specific Email Address
This is one of those that I can never remember, for some reason. This is very handy in CMS, where you can search all your servers at once. -- Find Operator for email address. select distinct o.name as...
View ArticleBlog Post: Rename SQL Agent Operator and all its Notifications
This script will change an Operator's name and update all three notification option types the Operator has. -- Will change from the old Operator to the new Operator for all -- SQL Agent Alerts and...
View ArticleBlog Post: Security as a Fleeting Thought
Today we have another installment in what is known as TSQL Tuesday. This month we have an invitation and topic given to us by the infamous Kenneth Fisher ( blog | twitter ). Today, the invitation is...
View ArticleBlog Post: What is a Query Plan?
All the examples for this lesson are based on Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and the AdventureWorks2012 database. You can get started using these free tools using my Guide Getting Started...
View ArticleBlog Post: Derik Hammer Presents, Fun with DATETIME
As my regular readers might have noticed, I get a lot of my ideas for this blog from my daily life. This post is no different. I was helping a co-worker troubleshoot an incorrect result-set. After we...
View ArticleBlog Post: What is Advanced Analytics?
Advanced Analytics , or Business Analytics , refers to future-oriented analysis that can be used to help drive changes and improvements in business practices. It is made up of four phases:...
View ArticleBlog Post: TSQL Tuesday #63 – Security
This months T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by none other than Kenneth Fisher ( B | T ). His topic for this month revolves around security and how you manage security. There probably couldn’t be a more...
View ArticleBlog Post: TSQL Tuesday #63 – How do you manage security: Rollup
When I decided on security as my topic for February’s T-SQL Tuesday blog party my thought was that security was a topic everyone would have something to say about as it’s something that touches the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Steps to become more agile with Sql development
In this series of posts I cam going to talk about what it is we need to do, as Sql developers and DBAs to improve our working practices so that we take advantage of modern development patterns and...
View ArticleBlog Post: BAWeekender Roundup of PASS BA speaker activity and Quote of the...
For the weekend, I thought you might enjoy some BA oriented weekend reading from our fantastic roundup of speakers at the PASS BA Conference. Here goes! This week, we are focusing on Power Bi articles...
View ArticleBlog Post: Friday Followup For February 13, 2015
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re not doing any real work anyway. Posts That Were Popular This Week Building (for FREE) a...
View ArticleBlog Post: PASS Summit Submission Tips
Last week it was announced that the PASS Summit 2015 call for speakers will be open from February 18 to March 15. For those who are hoping to present there in October, it’s time to start getting those...
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