SQL Server, What's In My Buffer Cache?
When SQL Server reads pages it stores them in an area of memory called the buffer cache, things like memory...
2019-03-06 (first published: 2019-02-19)
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Gavin Draper
SQL Server Script To Check Your Backup RPO Status
I recently wanted a script to tell me that for every database on a given server
What levels of backups I...
2019-02-28 (first published: 2019-02-13)
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How To Check How Far Behind Your SQL Server Log Shipping Secondary Is
Log shipping is one of the simplest and most bulletproof methods to get SQL Server to replicate data to a...
2019-02-21 (first published: 2019-01-31)
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Odd Behavior With LOB/Overflow Data
In writing some sample demos around LOB and Row-Overflow data I found a couple of oddities in the way reads...
2019-02-20
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How to Encrypt and Restore Your SQL Server Database Backups
We’ve had backup encryption out of the box since SQL Server 2014, yet I’ve rarely seen it used. In an...
2019-02-19 (first published: 2019-01-28)
3,474 reads
SQL Server, What Waits Happened In The Last X Seconds
There are plenty of scripts out there that can show you the waits that are occurring on your server, however,...
2019-02-18
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Why You Shouldn't Use SELECT * In Production Systems (EVER!)
OK so the title is a bit of a bold statement but bear with me, I’ve been burned by this...
2019-02-11 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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Backing Up and Restoring Your On-Premise Databases To and From the Cloud
I’ve been meaning to start a series of posts on “Dipping your toes into the cloud” for a while now,...
2019-01-30
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Dodging Deadlocks With Indexes
A lot of people don’t realise that some deadlocks can be removed entirely with the introduction of a new index....
2019-01-23 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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Leveling Up Your TSQL
I thought I’d use this post to round up some of my other posts into a list of often overlooked/unknown...
2019-01-22
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Blogs
Everyone Run a SQL Saturday in 2021
By Steve Jones
With SQL Saturdays being rebooted, and the SQLSaturday.com website live, it’s time for events....
Modern Data Warehouse & Reverse ETL
By James-Serra
An extension to the Modern Data Warehouse (MDW) that I have heard a bit...
Daily Coping 12 Apr 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
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Error installing SQL Server 2014 (both 32 & 64 bit versions)
During installation of SQL Express Server 2014 i have this error Title: Microsoft SQL...
Linked server to Access accdb database
Hi all We've got a linked server from SQL 2016 to an accdb...
performance tuning
Hi everyone, Any good suggestion to tune below query: --CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX nonclust_code...
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