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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Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
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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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