DDL Auditing using the Default trace
This article explains how default trace can be used for auditing purposes when combined with PowerShell scripts
2015-05-05
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Nagaraj Venkatesan
How to Size the SQL Server Memory & Why is it important?
The following blog post has 2 objectives.
1) How to size the memory correctly ( or atleast being close to correctly )
2)...
2013-05-27
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Xp_readerrorlog in SQL Server 2012
I have always been a big fan of Xp_readerrorlog. The simple reason is that it much faster to read errorlog...
2013-05-16
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When was the last successful backup?
What is the fastest and perhaps easiest way to find the last successful database backup?
Just right click on the Database...
2013-03-01
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SQL Server Memory Usage - Task Manager
Another question I have answered 100s of times to Non SQL folks. "SQLServr.Exe is consuming 80% of memory. Can you...
2012-05-20
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Sysprocesses CPU and CPU Percentage - utilization
I am not sure how many of you have faced this situation? I have faced it many many times. Somebody...
2012-04-23
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Calling Function / UDF using linked server
If one needs to call a UDF or System function ( ex: Serverproperty, Getdate(), etc ) on a remote server, then one...
2012-04-08
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Inserting UniCode / Special characters in tables
Consider the situation where one needs to store multilingual data / Special characters into a table. For example Chinese characters or...
2012-03-27
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File Group Backups - Intro
What is File Group backup?
Backing up a portion of a database, say a File Group is termed as Filegroup...
2012-01-13
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Log file size after backup and restore
Quick summary of the post:
A restoration of a full database backup retains the log file size before restoration.
Now...
2011-11-01
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Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
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Question of the Day
A Common Split
What happens when I run this code:
DECLARE @s VARCHAR(1000) = 'apple, pear, peach' SELECT * FROM STRING_SPLIT(@s, ', ')See possible answers