Shredding XML in XEvents

One of the biggest pains with Extended Events is the thing we love to hate – XML. XML is so foreign...

Shredding XML in XEvents

One of the biggest pains with Extended Events is the thing we love to hate - XML. XML is so foreign to many DBAs. It's not relational and often...

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Compressing Outcomes

Find yourself struggling to determine the outcome of attempted compression settings in your database? This should help!
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Compressing Encrypted Backups

A common requirement, whether it be based out of pure want or truly out of necessity, is to make a...

Compressing Encrypted Backups

A common requirement, whether it be based out of pure want or truly out of necessity, is to make a large database backup file, that is encrypted, be much...

What is DBCC?

What is really mean by DBCC and what do people mean when they say DBCC?
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