Deadlocks – Azure SQL Database
Would you like to troubleshoot a deadlock in Azure SQL Database? To do this you probably will be after the deadlock graph. So does this mean that you need...
2019-11-04
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Arun Sirpal
Cloud Era – Azure DBA
I get asked quite a bit about my thoughts on the impact Cloud computing has on a DBA role. Still in 2019, I get people say oh it’s the...
2019-10-28
226 reads
Azure SQL Database Failover – Grace Period?
The Azure SQL Database service triggers an automatic failover after a failure is detected and the grace period has expired. What is the grace period? You can find this...
2019-10-23
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Backup Techniques for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
In the previous blog post I did a quick overview building a SQL VM (imaged) in Azure. It is now time to clarify some backup techniques because it can...
2019-10-17
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SQL Server Virtual Machines in Azure
Let’s create a virtual machine in Azure that has an imaged copy of SQL Server on it. I want to do this because down the line I want to...
2019-10-09
110 reads
Azure Storage Accounts – Open to the Internet?
Let’s get straight to the point. From official documentation it states that “To secure your storage account, you should first configure a rule to deny access to traffic from...
2019-10-03
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Hot Patching sqlservr.exe in Azure SQL Database
An amazing blog post by Microsoft describing the idea of hot patching the database engine in Azure SQL Database to allow for minimal downtime when applying patches to SQL...
2019-09-25
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SQL Server 2019 – Compatibility Level in Azure
I am not sure when this became available but for Azure SQL Database 150 compatibility level is now available. Last time I created a database few weeks ago, only...
2019-09-18
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Azure SQL Database – Azure Portal Updates
A small but useful change has been made to the Azure Portal for Data Platform objects. Straightaway more meaningful information is exposed (and centralized), such as the service tier...
2019-09-17
37 reads
Azure SQL Database Types
I want to do a quick summary post of the many different types of Azure SQL Database available and I am not talking about elastic pools, VMs etc, more...
2019-09-17
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Forums
Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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