sp_RestoreScript 1.9 – a dirty little bug squished!

It look like we had a little bug in sp_RestoreScript that was putting a rogue 0 after the backup file name. That's now been fixed in 1.9. For information and documentation please visit https://sqlundercover.com/2017/06/29/undercover-toolbox-sp_restorescript-a-painless-way-to-generate-sql-server-database-restore-scripts/ Keep an eye out for sp_RestoreScript 2.0 which is currently in development and will bring a while load of new features... Continue Reading →

Sep 16, 2021 0

My Application is Getting SQL Timeout Errors, But What Query is the Problem?

This is something that comes up time and time again. A developer or member of the service desk comes up to me and says "SQL's timing out, you see what the query is?". Well I'll tell you now that SQL's not timing out your query, SQL will happily run a query for a year and... Continue Reading →

Jul 27, 2021 0

Inspector V2.6 now available

As always the code can be found here in our github repoWe updated our sample report hereWe forgot to mention V2.5! We added the ability to add Thresholds per drive for the drivespace module.#270 #279 - Improved the server settings module, if server changes have been made between collections this module will now pick them... Continue Reading →

Jul 23, 2021 2

When Read Committed Snapshot Goes Bad – Version Store Filling TempDB

We all had those calls, it's the middle of the night and we get that phone call that a customer is getting error messages due to their tempDB being full. My first step is usually going to be to have a look and see what sessions have allocations in TempDB, we can do that quickly... Continue Reading →

Jun 18, 2021 1

Encryption in SQL Server #1 – Column Level Encryption

For one reason or another data security and encryption has been coming up quite a bit in my day to day work recently and I've started to realise that it seems to be one of those things that people aren't all that aware of. As I've been meaning to write a little series on encryption... Continue Reading →

May 17, 2021 1

Generate a Random Number for Each Row in a Query {a better way}

A couple of years ago I wrote a post on how to generate a random number in SQL Server. https://sqlundercover.com/2017/06/22/generating-random-numbers-for-each-row-over-a-specified-range-and-other-funky-stuff-you-can-do-with-them/ It's ok and it works, it's also a method that I used for quite a while. Why not use RAND() I've heard people say, well the issue with RAND() is that it will generate the... Continue Reading →

Mar 31, 2021 3

T-SQL Tuesday #135 – The Tools That Make My Job Awesome!

Blog posts have been few and far between from SQL Undercover lately but what better to try and get us back in the swing again than with T-SQL Tuesday. This month's invitation comes from Mikey Bronowski https://www.bronowski.it/blog/2021/02/t-sql-tuesday-135-the-outstanding-tools-of-the-trade-that-make-your-job-awesome/ There are so many tools that I use day in and day out to make my life easier... Continue Reading →

Feb 9, 2021 2

Inspector 2.4 now available

All the changes for this release can be found in the Github Project page Mainly bug fixes this time around , but we have also added new functionality: Improvements #263 If you centralize your Servers' collections into a single database, you may be interested in the latest addition, we added the ability to override most... Continue Reading →

Dec 1, 2020 1

SQL Server login – default database and failed logins

This is one of them little options that I see which quite often gets little consideration, or gets set to a user database without consideration of what the consequences may be if that default database becomes unavailable. There are going to be situations where setting a default database other than the master database is essential.... Continue Reading →

Nov 30, 2020 3

sp_RestoreScript 1.8 Now Released

It looks like there was a bug lurking in sp_RestoreScript that was causing the wrong ALTER DATABASE command to be generated when using @SingleUser and a WITH MOVE parameter. 1.8 fixes this issue. For information and documentation please visit https://sqlundercover.com/2017/06/29/undercover-toolbox-sp_restorescript-a-painless-way-to-generate-sql-server-database-restore-scripts/

Nov 23, 2020 0

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sp_RestoreScript 1.9 – a dirty little bug squished!

My Application is Getting SQL Timeout Errors, But What Query is the Problem?

Inspector V2.6 now available

When Read Committed Snapshot Goes Bad – Version Store Filling TempDB

Encryption in SQL Server #1 – Column Level Encryption

Generate a Random Number for Each Row in a Query {a better way}

T-SQL Tuesday #135 – The Tools That Make My Job Awesome!

Inspector 2.4 now available

SQL Server login – default database and failed logins

sp_RestoreScript 1.8 Now Released

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