SQL Server Reporting Services Rest API
What functionality is available in the SQL Server Reporting Services REST API and how should you use it?
2018-07-18
3,886 reads
Articles
ETL Performance Auditing - Part 1: Introduction to ETL Auditing
This article shows an easy way to setup a comprehensive ETL Performance auditing Solution no matter how complicated your ETL setup.
2018-07-17 (first published: 2012-06-05)
18,575 reads
Setting Permissions to Drop a Database
Learn which permissions are required to drop a database and see a test to show that these apply.
2018-07-17
22,333 reads
Using SQL Server's Default Trace to Identify Autogrow Events in tempdb
We all know that you should try to size tempdb appropriately, so it doesn’t need to autogrow shortly after starting up SQL Server. It isn’t always easy to do this. Therefore, when you first implement a new server and/or add new databases you should monitor the autogrowth events on tempdb. By monitoring the autogrowth events you can easily determine if you have sized tempdb appropriately.
2018-07-17
2,946 reads
Fixing ‘A required Privilege is not held by client’ Error
This article is to explain a scenario I started facing in my work environment after some Windows Security patches rolled out .
A required privilege is not held by the client. The step failed.
2018-07-16
43,196 reads
T-SQL Window Functions and Performance
T-SQL window functions, introduced in 2005 with enhancements in 2012, are great additions to the T-SQL language. In this article, Kathi Kellenberger explains what you need to know to get good performance when using these functions.
2018-07-16
4,197 reads
Explicit Transactions
There are frequent misunderstandings about Explicit Transactions, not limited to use of 'nested transactions'. This article attempts to explain by example many of the behaviors of this feature.
2018-07-13 (first published: 2015-12-30)
18,477 reads
What to Do When SQL Server is Slow
Brent Ozar's session for the PASS DBA Fundamentals virtual chapter.
2018-07-13
6,099 reads
Generating Completely Random Sample Output from a Dataset
This short article shows a simple example of how to generate completely random sample output from a Dataset
2018-07-12
6,882 reads
Principles of Data Protection
Protecting data in SQL Server is not as simple as setting a few properties. While there are great security features in SQL Server, such as Transparent Data Encryption, production data may end up in places throughout the organization. In this article, Brian Kelley talks about the best ways to secure data using the concept of least privilege.
2018-07-12
3,100 reads
Blogs
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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