Monthly Archives: January 2017

The New SQL Server 2016 Edition Limits

Posted on January 26, 2017 by way0utwest

I was thrilled with SQL Server 2016 SP1. I’ve been asking for all features to be in all editions for a long time, and now we have most of the features available. There are still a few enterprise only items, … Continue reading →

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Querying My Named Instance in PoSh–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on January 25, 2017 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I was looking at some sample code the other day and it looked like this. cd sqlserver:\sql\localhost\default\databases This allows … Continue reading →

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The War Room

Posted on January 25, 2017 by way0utwest

I remember the first time I worked in a large, 10,000+ employee company, and we had a crisis with our systems. A number of us crowded into the cold computer room, gathering around a few workstations and trying to solve … Continue reading →

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Useful #SQLPrompt Tips

Posted on January 23, 2017 by way0utwest

One of the tools that Redgate write is SQL Prompt. This might be my favorite product, and I’m constantly impressed by the improvements that the dev team releases. In fact, I’m also impressed by the rate at which they produce … Continue reading →

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