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This post is to answer the question: "You are used to seeing in the format of yyyy-MM-dd right?" that I have raised on my blog post Don’t cutoff yourself with dates in T-SQL – Did you know…. As you could see from that blog post, my screen shots were from VSCode and in this case … Continue reading SQL Server Operations Studio and VSCode: The wrong default datetimeoffset format
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought by Steve Jones (b | t) and he wants to know if triggers causes headaches or happiness to us. This is the 106nd edition of TSQL2sDay - an Adam Machanic (b | t) brainchild. Triggers are those kind of database objects that sometimes are the best bet but … Continue reading Triggers: The hidden logic that will strike back – TSQL Tuesday #106
On 29th September we will have SQL Saturday Porto and I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking! I will be speaking about dbachecks PowerShell module - dbachecks - Checking SQL Server environments with PowerShell. The event will be held at ISEP, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4249-015 Porto, Portugal and you … Continue reading I will be speaking @ SQLSaturday #795 Porto
Almost all the applications we use have a lot of options. And, sometimes we even stumble across them by accident. Who's ever heard something like "Normal user don't even use 5% of Excel capabilities!"? Other options, we know they exist but because the default value it’s ok (so far) we tend to forget it. It … Continue reading Don’t cutoff yourself with dates in T-SQL – Did you know…
I'm working on a project where I need to convert Firebird SQL code into T-SQL code. No schema, just the modules. There are more than 1000 objects between stored procedures, views, triggers, user-defined data types, etc. First - the pain... While checking the Firebird reference manuals I saw a lot of different concepts (Selectable Stored … Continue reading Leveraging on SQL Server metadata
Starting on 19th of July and during 3 days the Tuga IT 2018 Summer Edition will be happening in Lisbon! This edition will have: 4 full-day workshops 38 breakout sessions (1 hour) 5 deep dive sessions (2 hours) That is over 72 hours of content delivered by 44 awesome speakers, many of them recognized industry … Continue reading I will be speaking @ Tuga IT 2018
If you have been reading my last blog posts, you know that I’m currently working on a SQL code migration from Firebird to SQL Server. The client provided the scripts with all modules (Stored Procedures, functions, etc) and the steps I'm following (roughly speaking) for converting are: Open new query window Copy and paste de … Continue reading Did you know…you can change the default file encoding for new query on SSMS?
