Baseline SQL Server with SQL Sentry Performance Advisor
Baselines can be any set of metrics that have been recorded to give you an understanding of what is the...
2013-06-24
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Chris McGowan
Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC)
We all dread the scenario whereby SQL Server is under so much load and has a complete lack of resources...
2013-05-29 (first published: 2013-05-23)
3,322 reads
Object Qualification
I came across an interesting issue recently with NHibernate, now it is widely known I despise ORM’s, in my experience...
2013-05-22 (first published: 2013-05-15)
2,737 reads
DTA and Hypothetical Indexes
For those of you that don’t know DTA stands for Database Engine Tuning Adviser and is available from the Tools...
2013-05-15 (first published: 2013-05-09)
11,268 reads
SQL Server Hardware and Acronyms
Over the weekend I finished reading yet another Red Gate book, this one was SQL Server Hardware by Glenn Berry...
2013-05-07
901 reads
Index Tuning
This week I've been carrying out some performance tuning of some of the more intensive procedures in one of our environments. Using...
2013-03-21 (first published: 2013-03-14)
3,609 reads
Cost Threshold for Parallelism
Parallelism, where to start? Well let’s start right at the beginning shall we with the question, what is parallelism? Simply...
2013-02-26
3,445 reads
Fun with dates
Every year me and a group of friends attend the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford, for us it...
2013-02-17
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T-SQL Gotcha
I came across an interesting issue a few days ago that I thought I would blog about. The issue is...
2013-02-15
1,581 reads
Script Replication with PowerShell
I promised you some PowerShell scripts this year and this post is the first one. I can see the value...
2013-02-14
6,569 reads
Blogs
PowerShell (and T-SQL) and Elastic Jobs
I’ve covered how to create Elastic Jobs in the portal (this one is important...
A New Word: Redesis
By Steve Jones
redesis – n. a feeling of queasiness while offering someone advice, knowing they might...
Friday Flyway Tips: Autopilot in 10 minutes
By Steve Jones
The Solutions Engineers at Redgate recently released an Introduction to Redgate Flyway Autopilot course...
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Solution to a problem without using a CURSOR
Hi there to all SQL gurus So, here is the scenario. I have a...
Error when running sql server backup routine job
Guys, I am facing problems when running a backup routine JOB in SQL Server,...
Question of the Day
Counting Bits II
What is the result of this query in SQL Server 2022+?
select bit_count('7') See possible answers