This metric picks up excessive counts of Virtual Log Files (VLF) in a transaction log that can lead to performance problems, including write performance, restore and recovery times. The ideal value for this metric should be less than 25; excessively high values (greater than 50) can cause high write times when writing to the transaction log.
2014-12-11
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2014-12-11 (first published: 2014-12-02)
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Arshad Ali discusses how to use CTE and the ranking function to access or query data from previous or subsequent rows. He also shows you how to leverage the LEAD and LAG analytics functions to achieve the same result without writing a self-join query using CTE and ranking function
2014-12-10
8,382 reads
You created a report that passed three separate values to a stored procedure, simply enough. However, now the user comes back and they want the ability to select multiple values for the report to return data against. Check out this article for a walk-through on how to handle this request.
2014-12-09
13,597 reads
Nominations open until December 10. The Tribal Awards are back and looking to recognize some of the great contributors to the SQL community. Nominations are now open for 11 different categories, but closing soon so make sure your user group, favorite twitter account, or person who's helped you the most this year is nominated.
2014-12-09 (first published: 2014-12-02)
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Matthew Skelton proposes a way to enable database continuous delivery that isn’t as outlandish as it first appears. What can Conways Law and Microservices tell us about the future of databases and DBAs? Matthew shows us a glimpse.
2014-12-09
7,338 reads
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2014-12-09 (first published: 2014-12-05)
14,836 reads
Obscure impact of switch EnforceScriptingOptions to scripting a SQL Server database.
2014-12-08
4,656 reads
Tibor Nagy explains how to find the root cause of SSL encryption configuration problems in Microsoft SQL Server.
2014-12-08
6,634 reads
We have all had our innovative solutions and proposals shot down by leads, managers and directors. This article addresses some of the causes and tips to improving the success rate for getting your ideas into the priority list.
2014-12-05
124 reads
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In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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