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Patrick Keisler is a MCTS and MCP. For over 12 years, he has been been a database administrator for a major investment bank, Wells Fargo Securities. During that time, he has gained considerable knowledge in Microsoft SQL Server by supporting hundreds of applications ranging from high-volume trading applications to massive data warehouses.
Archives: October 2012
Customize the Management Studio Toolbar
Management Studio is great tool with almost everything you need right at your fingertips. Notice I said "almost". I like to customize the toolbars to meet my needs of doing work every day. Because being a DBA means you're busy all day long, and you don't have time to hunt…
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Posted in Everyday SQL on 30 October 2012
Capture Index Usage Statistics for Better Analysis
Starting with SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced Dynamic Management Views to help DBAs see what's going inside of SQL Server. One of my favorite is the sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats. It collects statistics for different types of index operations and the timestamp at which it was last performed. All the DMVs are great…
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Posted in Everyday SQL on 23 October 2012
Which SQL Instance is Killing Your CPU?
You have 5 instances running. How do you know which one is killing your CPU?
As you can see from Windows Task Manager, you have several instances of SQL installed and one of them is using nearly half of the CPU. To figure this out, you'll need to know the…
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Posted in Everyday SQL on 16 October 2012
Grant Execute Permission on All Stored Procedures
Right out of the box, SQL Server makes it pretty easy to grant SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE to all user tables. That's accomplished by using the built-in db_datareader (SELECT) and db_datawriter (INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE) database roles in every user database. Any user you add to those database roles…
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Posted in Everyday SQL on 10 October 2012
How to Make SQL Server Listen on Multiple Ports
Have you ever needed an instance of SQL Server to listen on multiple TCP/IP port numbers but didn't know how to implement it? Well here's a quick step-by-step guide that will work for SQL Server 2005, 2008, and 2012.
Open SQL Server Configuration Manager.On the left hand side, expand…
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Posted in Everyday SQL on 5 October 2012