Database Stuck in Suspect Mode
My holiday week did not started off very good. I come in and find a UAT environment database in suspect...
2018-11-27
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Justin Figg
Happy Thanksgiving Readers!
I wanted to take a moment and wish an easy week in the office and a Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
The...
2018-11-19
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2018-11-16
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Steps to Create an In-Memory table for SQL Server
Creating a table to be in memory compared to standard tables that use the files on disk can have several...
2018-11-13 (first published: 2018-10-31)
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Why did my execution plan change?
As a SQL Server DBA it is important to understand why and how the SQL engine works. Understanding as much...
2018-11-13
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Should you update stats for your SQL Server database?
Statistics on database objects are very important to the SQL Server engine optimizing execution plans and running at the most...
2018-11-06
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Using MAXDOP to fix a performance problem
As DBA’s we are sometimes put in a rock and hard place when it comes to database performance. This situation...
2018-11-06 (first published: 2018-10-29)
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Async Network IO SQL Wait
Over the last few days we have been tracking down the cause of some really high async network IO waits. ...
2018-08-30 (first published: 2018-08-15)
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Helpful Undocumented Stored Procedure “sp_MsForEachDB”
This week’s post will be a short one to talk about a very helpful stored procedure in SQL Server called...
2018-08-30
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Always On SQL Server Replica in a Disconnected State
Sometimes the SQL logs and application logs provide some great info in regards to errors and issues. When building an...
2018-08-22
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers