TempDB Database On a Local Disk for an FCI
The article is about Configuring TempDB Database on Local Disk in SQL Server 2012/2014 Failover Cluster to improve performance.
2017-03-08
2,600 reads
Articles
Move Azure SQL Databases using the Export and Import PowerShell cmdlets
John Miner shows how to move databases between a cloud development environment and an on-premise production environment using PowerShell cmdlets.
2017-03-08
3,664 reads
Detective Stories - Tracking Down the Database's Dependents Part 2
No worries about dropping databases. Now we can search for its dependencies before the database dies. Part 2 of a 2-part article.
2017-03-07
1,520 reads
Query Store and In-Memory OLTP
Once you have Query Store enabled on your databases, runtime statistics are generated for your queries; but what about the natively-compiled stored procedures and memory optimised tables that come with In-Memory OLTP? Do you get the full range of runtime statistics? This is an intriguing question that Enrico explores and answers.
2017-03-07
4,670 reads
SSIS Catalog Compare v2.0 Launch Event
Join the SSIS Catalog Compare v2.0 Launch Event on Tue, Mar 7 at 13:00 EST.
2017-03-07 (first published: 2017-03-03)
6,163 reads
Detective Stories - Tracking Down the Database's Dependents Part I
No worries about dropping databases. Now we can search for its dependencies before the database dies. Part 1 of a 2-part article.
2017-03-06
1,379 reads
Project Bletchley - The Microsoft Vision for Blockchain
The SQL Server Luxembourg User Group invites you to join us at our next event in Microsoft’s Offices, at 6:00pm on Tuesday 7th March
2017-03-06
537 reads
Finding the Worst Performing TSQL Statement
Greg Larsen explains how you can use Dynamic Management Objects and stored procedures to return your worst performing T-SQL statements.
2017-03-06
5,202 reads
Usage of CTE - Trick with Dates
This article exlores the usage of CTEs as a replacement to cursors in order to generate additional data by applying logic to existing data.
2017-03-03 (first published: 2013-06-18)
37,750 reads
Clone a SQL Server login and password to a new server
Bhavesh Patel shows how to clone a SQL Server login onto another server while keeping the password the same.
2017-03-03
4,570 reads
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The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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