Dharmendra Keshari

Dharmendra is a SQL Server/Microsoft Data Platform professional with over eight years of experience. He enjoys helping others in the SQL Server community and does this by contributing on blogs, speaking at several SQL events. His passion and focus is to explore and share more and more on SQL Server.

SQL Database File Wise Disk Space Monitoring

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

As a DBA, you get alerts many times regarding the database file space issue. To address the issue, you may...

2017-04-21

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Microsoft Data Platform – MVP 2017!!!

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

I’m very pleased and delighted to share that I have been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award 2017. This...

2017-04-14

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Read Statistics Histogram using DMV

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

DMV: sys.dm_db_stats_histogram (object_id, stats_id)
For a long time, the DBCC SHOW_STATISTICS command was the only way to get information about statistics....

2017-02-22

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Out of memory error because of the very low virtual address space – Error 701 – Trace Flag 8075

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

If you are dealing with a SQL Server which got a lot of memory, you may encounter the out of...

2017-02-20

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After migrating SQL Server from 2005 to higher version, the waits type PAGELATCH_UP increased

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

Recently, I experienced an interesting issue where I found SQL Server wait type PageLatch_UP went up drastically after migration. Let’s...

2017-02-06

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SQL Server Service Information

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

DMV: sys.dm_server_services
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 and SQL Server 2012 has a new set of DMVs. One of them...

2017-01-11

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Disk Space Monitoring using SQL Server DMV

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

DMV : sys.dm_os_volume_stats
Being a SQL Server database administrator, you may often receive alerts or asked by Senior DBAs to check, if...

2017-01-09

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New String Function – TRIM – in SQL Server vNext

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

As SQL developer, you must have often come across a scenario where you need to remove the empty spaces at...

2017-01-06

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When was SQL Server installed?

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

In this blog post. Let us learn about how to retrieve date and time when the SQL Server was installed. To retrieve...

2017-01-04

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Identifying Blocking Chain in SQL Server

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!!
I hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year. I always try to review my...

2017-01-01

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Blogs

Set Theory vs. Batch Mode in SQL Server

Set Theory vs. Batch Mode in SQL Server Not long ago,...

Monday Monitor Tips: The Jobs Report

A customer wanted a report they could email to their boss about jobs, something...

Automating SQL Maintenance: How DevOps Principles Reduce Downtime

In the world of modern data infrastructure, SQL databases remain the backbone of enterprise...

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Single User SQL Server on Linux

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All the Costs of Downtime

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How Well Does the MSSQL Extension in VSCode Work?

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Single User SQL Server on Linux

How can I start SQL Server on Linux in single-user mode to restore the master database?

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