TSQL Tuesday Misconceptions in SQL Server
I haven’t written a post for a TSQL Tuesday for a little while and I know that I’m late getting...
2010-10-12
1,070 reads
Gethyn Ellis
Instant File Initialization – Is it Turned On?
I have posted a short note on instant file initialization previously, that post can be found here. The crux of...
2010-09-21
1,728 reads
Policy Based Management - Disable Autoclose
I posted recently about my run-in with autoclose and my online friend Jorge Segarra (Blog|@SQLCHICKEN) left a great comment on...
2010-09-15
1,619 reads
Mastering PowerShell – Free EBook
Someone who I follow on twitter posted a tweet recently with a link to a free eBook on PowerShell. I...
2010-09-10
2,590 reads
SQL Server - Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC)
This a short post looking at the Dedicated Administrator Connection or DAC for short. In extreme circumstances, when there is...
2010-09-09
8,230 reads
Auto Close – SQL Server
I ran into an issue recently where I had a third party supplied database set to auto close. I couldn't...
2010-09-07
2,995 reads
Incremental Load - TSQL
For my first technical post in a short while I thought I would look at something I have worked on...
2010-08-23
11,037 reads
Summer Update
I haven’t posted on my SQL Server blog for a few weeks, I missed the August T-SQL Tuesday which I’m...
2010-08-14
523 reads
The week that was Friday 23 July 2010
Its been a busy week this week. From troubleshooting several production issues to writing some incremental load SSIS scripts, the...
2010-07-23
518 reads
Raining Tuesday – Cricket Cancelled – Replication Stinks - SQL BITS VOTE NOW!
Well this was going to be replication post, but I have read it, re-written it, read it, re-written and it...
2010-07-20
667 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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