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Windows PowerShell to create Docker Containers for SQL2017,SQL2019
Code example that create ten instances: each version of ‘Express’,’Developer’,’Web’,’StandardEdition’,’EnterpriseEdition’
Scanning Every Server with Dynamic Reports
I am really big on using a couple of methods to scan every server in my environment with a huge array of queries. Why? because There’s the classic purposes to doing this. How do I do it? I have two Read More …
Standard SQL Server Machine
When you build a plain old Vanilla Windows Machine supporting a SQL Server instance, what does your run book look like? My run book is an excel spreadsheet with lots of formulas that update or make visible items based on Read More …
ttry
simple try catch Read More …
Lonely Secondary Log Shipping
Have you ever had that rare situation where you need log shipping to another server, but have zero access to the primary server? I encountered that issue recently and my solution was two parts. A Secondary Log Shipping Target without Read More …
Performance Tuning
Code Performance improvements are a layered approach. I think of it as multiple passes and focii to Statistics. slightly out of date stats on huge tables can greatly affect performance. Index Optimization: Review missing indexes, remove unused indexes. Data Management Read More …
Who is this Lowell guy anyway?
Hi I am Lowell Izaguirre, and I’ve am a cutting edge Senior Database Administrator for SQL Server. I’ve got the paper pedigree for those who care, two MCSA’s and an MCSE as well, but the key is my experience, deep Read More …
sp_getddla and sp_getddl
If you have ever worked with SQL Server, and wanted to script a table, you know it is a GUI process, that behind the scenes, is calling SQL Management Objects(SMO) to create the script for you, which you can then Read More …