BlitzWaits custom module available for Inspector V2
We have been working on a new custom module for Inspector V2, in fact this module is part of a new project where we will be producing two other...
2020-01-22
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Introducing The Undercover Catalogue
In this video, David give a quick introduction into the Undercover Catalogue.
2020-01-20
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Managing Agent Jobs on Availability Group Servers
As always, the scripts in this post can also be found on our Git Hub repo, https://github.com/SQLUndercover/UndercoverToolbox/blob/master/CatagoryControlledAgentJobs.sql Agent jobs, they can be a right pain to manage when you’re...
2020-01-16
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Undercover Catalogue 0.4.0 Released
We’re pleased to announce the release of the Undercover Catalogue 0.4.0, (please see HERE for full details of the Catalogue). The new version brings with it a number of...
2020-01-06
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CPU custom module available for Inspector V2
If you need to keep track of CPU and are not fortunate enough to have a monitoring tool to keep hold of historical CPU usage then this module may...
2020-01-02
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Happy New Year – Our Top Posts of 2019
With the New Year fast approaching and maybe already having arrived depending on where you are, we thought we’d do a quick recap of our top 5 posts from...
2019-12-31
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2019-12-24
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SQL Undercover TV Christmas Special – David's Top 5 Azure Data Studio Features
In our Christmas Special, David picks his top 5 features of Azure Data Studio.
2019-12-17
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Inspector V2.00 now available
The SQL Installation file can be found here.The new Powershell installer can be found here.If you are running the powershell collection you will need to grab the latest revision.The...
2019-12-03
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Troubleshooting Resource Semaphore and Memory Grants
Memory grants, now here’s a fun thing that can pretty much take your SQL Server to its knees. The Symptoms The first thing that you’re going to notice is...
2019-12-03
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
Forums
Database backup job steps
I have a SQL Agent job for backing up a set of Analysis Services...
SQL Server 2025 Backup Compression Algorithm
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The Large Encoded Value
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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