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Peter A. Carter, Expert Scripting and Automation for SQL Server DBAs, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1943-0_1
Peter A. Carter1
(1)Botley, UK
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As a DBA, you will almost certainly understand the basics of the T-SQL language and use it for querying metadata views, such as sys.databases or sys.tables. Often, DBAs do not have advanced T-SQL skills, however, as they do not need them in day-to-day operations. In order to implement sophisticated automation and, in turn, reduce operational costs and overheads, DBAs should gain an understanding ...
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