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Comment on Why use PowerShell when you can use T-SQL? by Jason Russell

Jason Russell — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:33:16 +0000

In reply to DerFredo.

Correct, you will need to install the DBATools module first: Install-Module DBATools.

Here is a link to their Getting Started page: https://dbatools.io/getting-started/

Comment on Why use PowerShell when you can use T-SQL? by DerFredo

DerFredo — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:44:07 +0000

I would guess that PowerShell doesn’t know how to ‘Test-DbaMaxMemory’ out of the box…?

Comment on Track Database File Sizes with PowerShell: A Quick Guide for DBAs by Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:32:48 +0000

Why would anybody want to use PowerShell to accomplish this?? 🤷‍♂️ You have a SQL Server – you got T-SQL.

Comment on Index Maintenance: Automating Azure with Elastic Jobs by fnfOzvSR

fnfOzvSR — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:03:32 +0000

555-1)) OR 530=(SELECT 530 FROM PG_SLEEP(15))–

Comment on SQL Server AG Won’t Become Primary After Force Quorum? Here’s Why and How to Fix It by When All AG Nodes are Secondaries – Curated SQL

When All AG Nodes are Secondaries – Curated SQL — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 12:05:19 +0000

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Comment on Removing Stubborn Partitions in SQL Server by Rich Benner

Rich Benner — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 21:12:28 +0000

In reply to ElSuketa. Hi ElSuketa I believe I did try that approach, however I don't have the code handy any more to be able to confirm that. Have you come across the same issue and WITH (PARTITION (1)) worked for you?

Comment on Index Maintenance: Automating Azure with Elastic Jobs by Randy Knight

Randy Knight — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 19:26:45 +0000

In reply to Takamatsu. Thanks for the feedback. We will look into updating this for the new modules.

Comment on Removing Stubborn Partitions in SQL Server by ElSuketa

ElSuketa — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 08:16:01 +0000

Thanks Rich for sharing this.
Does it mean that even TRUNCATE TABLE dbo.Employees WITH (PARTITIONS (1)) did not deallocate the stubborn pages ?

Comment on Removing Stubborn Partitions in SQL Server by ElSuket

ElSuket — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 08:13:04 +0000

Sorry, the syntax is WITH (PARTITIONS (1))

Comment on Removing Stubborn Partitions in SQL Server by Elsuket

Elsuket — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 08:11:16 +0000

Hello Rich,

Thanks for sharing this.
Does it mean that even TRUNCATE TABLE dbo.Employee WITH (PARTITIONS = 1) did not deallocate the stubborn pages ?