SQL Undercover TV – Encrypting SQL Backups
In this episode, David looks at how we can encrypt our SQL Server backup files
2019-11-26 (first published: 2019-11-18)
249 reads
Getting table row counts with sp_Tablecount
Sometimes you just want to get a quick row count for a specific table – other times you may want to see a list of tables order by size...
2019-11-06 (first published: 2019-10-30)
1,064 reads
SQL Undercover TV – Using Excel to Visualise SQL Performance Data
Adrian looks at how you can use Excel to visualise SQL performance data, specifically data collected by the Blitz First Responder Kit
2019-11-05
110 reads
Undercover TV Podcast – Scripting Options in SSMS
In this episode of the podcast, Adrian looks at the scripting options available in SSMS.
2019-10-31 (first published: 2019-10-21)
439 reads
Availability Groups and Redo Latency, Data Committed on a Primary isn’t Visible on a Synchronous Secondary
If you’re running availability groups it may seem like a great idea to offload your read only reporting workloads to a secondary. There are a couple of ways that...
2019-10-28 (first published: 2019-10-16)
414 reads
Finding the Primary Replica of an Availability Group
This is going to be a bit of a quick post but one about something that I see coming up time and time again on SQL Undercover’s search terms....
2019-10-24
1,331 reads
Undercover TV Podcast – Intent Locks
The first of our new series of new look podcasts, David has a look at intent locks in SQL Server and what the purpose of them is.
2019-10-18 (first published: 2019-10-14)
196 reads
We Thought That Sean McCown’s SMO Tutorial Was So Good, It Needed To Be A Video In It’s Own Right
Back in February, Sean McCown joined us on the Undercover podcast and presented a brilliant tutorial on the SMO. We thought that it was so good that we’ve decided...
2019-10-01
47 reads
SQL Tuesday #118 – Your Fantasy SQL Feature
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation comes from Kevin Chant and he’s asking us about a fantasy feature that we’d love to see in SQL Server. I had a little...
2019-09-09
25 reads
sp_RestoreScript 1.6 Release – @Credential Added For Backups In Azure BLOB Storage
Releases seem to be coming out thick and fast at the moment, here’s the latest v1.6 revision to sp_restorescript For those of you backing up to Azure BLOB Storage,...
2019-08-29
47 reads
Blogs
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
Forums
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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