Why Don't You Upgrade in Place?
Is there a reason to upgrade your SQL Server in place instead of building a new instance? Andy Warren has a few thoughts today on why this might be the right choice.
2023-12-20
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Articles
Sending resource alerts on Managed Instance using db_mail
One of the biggest issue that you might experience in Managed Instance is reaching storage limit or finding out that you don't have enough CPU. In this case you would need to get the bigger instance; however, this is not instant operation. In this post, you will see how you can monitor resource usage and send email alerts if there is a risk that you might reach the limits.
2023-12-20
Configuring an SSIS ForEach Loop for Multiple File Types
The ForEach loop works with only one file type at a time by default. Learn how you can add code to your packages to work with multiple types of files.
2023-12-18
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Source Control with GIT, Power BI and Microsoft Fabric
Source control is fundamental when dealing with projects and sharing code between multiple developers. Power BI present some challenges related to source control. But it’s finally providing us with a solution to these challenges. Let’s analyse this piece-by-piece.
2023-12-18
Searching an Encrypted Column
This article examines the challenges with searches on encrypted data and presents a possible solution that you might use to speed up those queries.
2023-12-15
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Running Azure CosmosDB queries from SQL Server using ODBC driver
Azure CosmosDB provides ODBC driver that enables you to query CosmosDB collections like classic databases. In this post you will see how to query CosmosDB collections from Sql Server using Transact-Sql.
2023-12-15
When an update doesn’t update
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: I changed data from my application, but when I checked the database, I couldn’t see the change! I’ve seen this. Loads. It can be quite perplexing for folks because they expect to see an error message if the insert, update, or delete failed.
2023-12-15
SQL GROUP BY Alias - An Oracle feature that would be great in SQL Server
Learn about using an alias in the GROUP BY clause for complex SQL Server code instead of having to rewrite the code in the GROUP BY.
2023-12-13
SQL Window Functions Series: LAG() and LEAD()
Dive deep into the powerful SQL window functions, LAG() and LEAD(). Explore their intricacies, discover real-world examples, and avoid common pitfalls.
2023-12-11
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Identify log write limits on Azure SQL Managed Instance using QPI library
Azure SQL Managed Instance is fully managed SQL Server instance hosted in Azure cloud. Managed Instance introduces some limits such as max log write throughput that can slow down your workload. In this post you will see how to identify write log throughput issue on Managed Instance.
2023-12-11
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Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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