Understanding Deadlock Victim Selection in SQL Server
A short introduction to how deadlocks work and how you can affect their behavior inside your system.
2026-07-13 (first published: 2026-05-01)
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Articles
Why Your SQL Permissions Disappeared
When you change a schema owner in SQL Server, all object-level permissions vanish instantly. There is no warning. Here's how to prevent it and fix it when it happens.
2026-07-10
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Correct SQL Server Always On Availability Group Not Synchronizing
We had an issue with a SQL Server database in an Always On Availability Group (AOAG) where it was not synchronizing the secondary replica even though it was using the “Synchronous commit” Availability Mode for the secondary replica. This article explains how to troubleshoot and resolve:
2026-07-10
Five Intelligent Query Processing Features in SQL Server 2022 That Quietly Tune Your Workload
Learn about a few new features built into SQL Server 2022 that can help improve performance on your workload.
2026-07-08
2,956 reads
How to call an Ollama-based AI text embeddings model from SQL Server 2025
Learn how to call locally hosted Ollama embedding models from SQL Server using sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint
2026-07-08
Calculating Geometric Mean in Power BI
Learn how to add the geometric mean in Power BI to your calculations.
2026-07-06
1,072 reads
SQL Server Contained Availability Groups Configuration
In a previous tip on Orphaned User Detection for SQL Server High Availability Databases, we have seen how to identify when there are orphaned database users in an Availability Group database. Is there a way where we no longer need to worry about missing database users or different SID values between primary and secondary databases in an Availability Group?
2026-07-06
From SQL Server On-Premises to Claude Desktop: How I built a Full MCP Pipeline
Learn how to get started with an MCP server that can query your SQL Server database.
2026-07-03
2,921 reads
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
Another fun article for America's Independence Day using SQL Server's spatial features.
2026-07-03
833 reads
How to stop AI hallucinations in enterprise RAG systems (a complete guide)
From the Air Canada chatbot lawsuit to the infamous Chevy dealership pricing fiasco, this article breaks down the six real reasons RAG systems fail in production – and the five architectural patterns high-performing AI teams use to make them trustworthy, grounded, and production-ready.
2026-07-03
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Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
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