March Madness – SQL Server style
Bodypaint not required
It seems that March is another great month for getting your geek on without having to leave the...
2012-03-08
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Colleen M. Morrow
RYO Maintenance Plan – Index Maintenance
It’s been a couple of weeks since my last post, but I swear I have a good excuse. I’ve been...
2012-03-05
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RYO Maintenance Plan – Update Statistics
Another key component of any good maintenance plan is updating statistics. Statistics are what help the SQL Server optimizer choose...
2012-02-27 (first published: 2012-02-21)
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RYO Maintenance Plan – Enhancement Request
In response to my last post, I got a very interesting comment from Philip:
“I would love to see a way...
2012-02-13 (first published: 2012-02-09)
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Using Powershell to Deploy Performance Monitor
As good little DBAs, we should be gathering baseline statistics for our database servers. These stats can give us insight...
2012-02-13
2,561 reads
RYO Maintenance Plan – Database Backups, Part 3
4 out of 5 DBAs agree
I’ve covered creating my backup directories and the actual backup of the database(s). The last...
2012-02-08 (first published: 2012-02-06)
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RYO Maintenance Plan – Database Backups, Part 2
Last time I dealt with the creation of subdirectories, in one or more root locations, to house my database backups....
2012-01-30
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RYO Maintenance Plan – Database Backups
Remember kids...
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a big proponent of automating routine tasks. If I have to do...
2012-01-26 (first published: 2012-01-23)
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Goals – 6 month checkup
Last week’s resolutions post reminded me that it’s time for another status check on the goals I set for myself...
2012-01-17
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TSQL Tuesday #026 – Second Chances
Welcome to the first TSQL Tuesday of 2012! This month’s soiree is being hosted by Dave Howard (blog | twitter) and...
2012-01-10
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Blogs
Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2022. What is it and is it any good?
Parameter Sensitive Plan (PSP) optimization is a new feature in SQL Server 2022 that...
Azure chaos STUDIO
By Arun Sirpal
Chaos engineering is fun but especially important when building solutions in the cloud. It...
Announcing a New Book on SQL from 3Cloud Authors
By DataOnWheels
I am proud to announce the launch of a new book, centered around the...
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