Why Aren’t You Monitoring SQL Server
I repeat the phrase “If you aren’t monitoring it, you can’t measure it” all the time. Through my IT career, this has been a constant. If you don’t have...
2023-06-14
I repeat the phrase “If you aren’t monitoring it, you can’t measure it” all the time. Through my IT career, this has been a constant. If you don’t have...
2023-06-14
The OS default Power Plan for Windows is Balanced Power. This can cause degraded overall performance for SQL Server. Balanced Power is a great concept to help conserve energy...
2023-05-16
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Throughout my career, I’ve worked on a LOT of different SQL Servers. Many that were installed and configured by application administrators, developers, vendors, and data professionals. I’ve seen servers...
2023-04-11
Nearly 10 years ago I wrote a blog post about having my son tag along at various conferences I was speaking at. So much has changed in the past...
2023-03-22 (first published: 2023-03-13)
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I came across an issue with SSMS not loading properly recently. Regardless of launching from the start menu with or without administrator, SSMS would error out. Due to this...
2023-01-18 (first published: 2023-01-09)
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SQL Server 2022 becoming generally available was announced on Nov 16th 2022. This is the most Azure-enabled release of SQL Server yet, which is pretty exciting. A major Azure-enabled...
2022-11-17
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Things a DBA should know about SSRS
The post SSRS Management for the DBA appeared first on Tim Radney.
2022-09-13
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I absolutely love talking about SQL Server backup and restores. It is one of my favorite sessions to give at user groups and conferences all over the world. I’ve...
2022-08-08
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Often enough I get questions regarding partitioning to try to help alleviate performance issues with very large tables. A common misconception is that due to the table being large,...
2022-07-12
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Getting locked out of a SQL Server instance can happen due to a number of situations. The most common scenario I’ve encountered is when a SQL Server is moved...
2022-06-21
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By Brian Kelley
In information security (INFOSEC), there several foundational concepts and principles. One of the ones...
By Steve Jones
the standard blues– n. the dispiriting awareness that the twists and turns of your...
By Chris Yates
A brief introduction to the tool and its advantages for database migrations DevOps is...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item One more reason to use...
I'm tracing activity on one database and would like to include the client_app_name in...
select Custno, Addr1, City, Res_Phone, Bus_Phone, Fax_Phone, Marine_Phone, Pager_Phone, Other_Phone, email1, email2 from customer...
I want to mark a transaction in the log as a recovery point. How do I do this in my code if I use the transaction, myTran?
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