September 2019
• Checking the Version and Build Number of an SSIS Package
  
September 2018
• Checking Whether Connections to SQL Server are Encrypted
  
November 2017
• Amazon RDS - Common Issues with native SQL Server backup and restore
  
October 2017
• SQL BITS Conference - London 2018
  
February 2017
• SQL Server TCP Port vs TCP Dynamic Ports
  
January 2017
• Registered Servers vs Central Management Servers
  
November 2016
• Amazon RDS – Creating a native (.bak) Backup of a SQL Server Database in RDS
  
June 2016
• Searching ALL SQL Server Logs using TSQL
  
May 2016
• Pros and Cons of Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Part 1 of 3
  
• Setting up Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Part 2 of 3
  

SQL Matters is a resource for SQL Server Developers, Architects, DBAs and others interested in SQL Server and related technologies . Our site contains a wide range of articles, tips, blogs, quiz questions and other information about the SQL Server range of products. This includes Integration Services (SSIS), Reporting Services (SSRS), Analysis Services (SSAS) and some other products that we feel might be of interest to the SQL Server community such as PowerPivot and Report Builder.

Here are some examples of technical information that you might be interested in :

• Formatting a number with thousand separators
• Splitting the query window in SSMS
• Determining the last time SQL Server was started

The SQL Server Properties window contains a property which shows whether a SQL Server is in a failover cluster. Unfortunately it doesn’t show the node that the SQL Server is currently running on. However this is readily available from a SQL command by checking a SERVERPROPERTY. Further clustering information is available from a Data Management View (DMV).

The stored procedure xp_readerrorlog (and also sp_readerrorlog) allows searching of the SQL Server error logs. However only one log can be searched at a time. This script searches all available logs, by looping through each log in turn.

What is the result of the following SQL query ?
Choose one : a) 3    b) 6    c) 50    d) 100