I use Elastic database pools – for now
When you have many SQL databases that are required to run your environments and they show signs of specific usage...
2016-12-12 (first published: 2016-12-02)
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Arun Sirpal
NOLOCK
NOLOCK, some say it’s a fast option for queries and will never cause blocking, I say it’s quite dirty and...
2016-12-09
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Checking your Wait Stats via Power BI
Wait stats is my go to thing, however I do get bored just querying it via a table so I...
2016-12-06
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Azure pricing
Not a technical post today (not that I am technical) but still an important one. I have been using Azure...
2016-12-01
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SQL Server – Playing With Trace Flags
Trace flags are used to temporarily set specific server characteristics or to switch off a particular behavior. They are usually...
2016-12-01
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sqlservr.exe
We all know what the sqlservr.exe and its importance, but have you noticed the size difference of the .exe when comparing...
2016-11-25
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SQL Server Restore to LSN
For this post I want to show you how I recovered to a LSN where I did do this on...
2016-11-24
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Task Manager is a liar
I remember asking a question at a recent training event, the outcome? I now don’t use task manager to try...
2016-11-21
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CHECKDB’s Hidden Snapshot
I am in the middle of some research regarding CHECKDB and learnt something new. From SQL Server 2014 onwards the...
2016-11-10
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SQL Server – RECONFIGURE
When you want to change configuration settings for your SQL Server you would either do it via Management studio (under...
2016-11-08
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