Author: Peter Whyte

  • How to Check Your SQL Server Version

    Checking your SQL Server versions is a thing we need to do quite often as Database Administrators (DBAs). We know how important it is to keep our software up to date. This post is here to help you check the version of your running SQL Server instances, with…

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  • How to Silently Install SSMS

    This is a note on how to silently install SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) via command (PowerShell). SSMS is a tool most people use when working with SQL Server. If you need to install SSMS on multiple computers, you may want to use the silent installation feature for…

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  • SSMS Maximum Characters Displayed

    By default, the max number of characters displayed in a single column of a query in SSMS when outputting as text is 256 characters. We can amend our query outputs in SSMS to Results to Text, rather than the default grid layout. This can be done by clicking…

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  • How to Delete Files in PowerShell

    This is a post on how to delete files in PowerShell, which will be useful when you need to delete files as part of a script in Windows. This post covers the following:# PowerShell: Delete a File# PowerShell: Delete a Folder# PowerShell: Delete Files in Subfolders Recursively PowerShell:…

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  • Add Columns to a Table in SQL Server

    Adding new columns to tables in SQL Server is a common task for anyone developing and/or maintaining databases, usually driven by the need for new features on an application/script procedure. As ever, before you get started with MSSQL changes, have a look at the relevant Microsoft Documentation –…

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  • Create a New Firewall Rule with PowerShell

    This is a short post to share a PowerShell script that will create a new Windows Firewall Rule on a your computer. We have to ensure that we run PowerShell as Administrator for this to work. The above is creating a new firewall rule so inbound SQL Server…

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  • How to Show Line Numbers in SSMS

    This post contains a quick guide on how to show line numbers in the SSMS query window. Useful if you want to see line numbers while you code. As well as general preference, enabling line numbers in SQL Server Management Studio is particularly useful when debugging an error…

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  • Add a Filegroup to a Database in SQL Server

    This post contains a demo on how to add a new Filegroup for a database in SQL Server. Most databases work well with single data/log files and do not need this. Database files in SQL Server generally operate with 2 files, data (.mdf) files and log (.ldf) files.…

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  • How to Check PowerShell Version

    This post is a guide on how to check your PowerShell version on a Windows computer. I’m using $PSVersionTable to get this info. It’s important to keep all software as up-to-date as possible, we all know it. Being on the latest PowerShell version is especially required if you…

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  • Disabling Change Data Capture in SQL Server

    This post contains a demo on how to disable CDC (Change Data Capture) in SQL Server 2022. The sp_cdc_disable_table and sp_cdc_disable_db in-built MSSQL SPs are what we should use to disable CDC in SQL Server which is explained more below. The sp_cdc_disable_table and sp_cdc_disable_db are the in-built MSSQL…

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