SQL Server, What's In My Buffer Cache?
When SQL Server reads pages it stores them in an area of memory called the buffer cache, things like memory...
2019-03-06 (first published: 2019-02-19)
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Gavin Draper
SQL Server Script To Check Your Backup RPO Status
I recently wanted a script to tell me that for every database on a given server
What levels of backups I...
2019-02-28 (first published: 2019-02-13)
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How To Check How Far Behind Your SQL Server Log Shipping Secondary Is
Log shipping is one of the simplest and most bulletproof methods to get SQL Server to replicate data to a...
2019-02-21 (first published: 2019-01-31)
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Odd Behavior With LOB/Overflow Data
In writing some sample demos around LOB and Row-Overflow data I found a couple of oddities in the way reads...
2019-02-20
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How to Encrypt and Restore Your SQL Server Database Backups
We’ve had backup encryption out of the box since SQL Server 2014, yet I’ve rarely seen it used. In an...
2019-02-19 (first published: 2019-01-28)
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SQL Server, What Waits Happened In The Last X Seconds
There are plenty of scripts out there that can show you the waits that are occurring on your server, however,...
2019-02-18
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Why You Shouldn't Use SELECT * In Production Systems (EVER!)
OK so the title is a bit of a bold statement but bear with me, I’ve been burned by this...
2019-02-11 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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Backing Up and Restoring Your On-Premise Databases To and From the Cloud
I’ve been meaning to start a series of posts on “Dipping your toes into the cloud” for a while now,...
2019-01-30
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Dodging Deadlocks With Indexes
A lot of people don’t realise that some deadlocks can be removed entirely with the introduction of a new index....
2019-01-23 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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Leveling Up Your TSQL
I thought I’d use this post to round up some of my other posts into a list of often overlooked/unknown...
2019-01-22
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Blogs
Creating a SQL Clone Agent and a First Image
By Steve Jones
In a previous post, I set up the SQL Clone server. This is really...
Availability Group issues fixed with Alerts
Learn how to use the SQL Server Agent Alerting system to capture Availability Group...
Availability Group issues fixed with Alerts
Learn how to use the SQL Server Agent Alerting system to capture Availability Group...
Forums
Why aren't the backups working?
You've heard of "the accidental DBA", right? Well, I'm the accidental TFS admin. I...
Cannot insert duplicate key in object
In table tUSERI primary key was added in the column [Email]. I deleted a...
Random excessive CPU consumption
Hi all. I'm in a bit of a quandary with one of our Analysis...
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