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)
3,313 reads
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)
2,744 reads
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
157 reads
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)
11,131 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
168 reads
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)
6,746 reads
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
207 reads
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)
6,462 reads
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
254 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optimism Without Illusion or Why...
SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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