PowerShell to create Azure SQL DBs
Recently I have been creating many Azure SQL databases via the portal where I started to find it quite tedious. So...
2016-09-14
514 reads
Arun Sirpal
Query Performance Insight
It is really easy getting insight into Query performance within your Azure SQL DB. I think Microsoft have done a...
2016-09-12
759 reads
DBCC HELP
I was going through some online courses and came across Erin Stellato’s Course on DBCC commands.http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/new-course-understanding-and-using-dbcc-commands/ I learnt something new!...
2016-09-09
543 reads
CHECKDB is slow!
Running the usual consistency checks on a database (with a new release code applied from an ISV) I noticed slower...
2016-09-01
404 reads
Talking of checkpoint
I was having a conversation with someone over a disgusting vanilla latte and we talked about shutting down a machine...
2016-08-25
189 reads
Do YOU Checksum?
I am going to show you why you should be using checksum options on your backups (and restores). I AM...
2016-08-11
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2016-08-05
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Undocumented Commands
There isn’t really a need to do what I am doing in this blog post but I guess one reason...
2016-08-03
201 reads
Migrating SQL Server to Azure
There are many ways to migrate an “earthed” SQL Server database to Azure, for this article I want to show...
2016-08-02
222 reads
Why I like SQL Sentry Plan Explorer
Why I like SQL Sentry Plan Explorer. I am going to be honest here, before attending SQLSKILLS Immersion training I...
2016-07-29
640 reads
Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
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I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
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dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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