Meet Thomas Kejser in Aarhus
This is normally not a place where we advertise for events held by our friends, but today I’ll make an...
2012-09-06
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SQL Rally 2012 Nordic
The Nordic SQL Server event of the year is getting closer and closer. YES it is SQL Rally Nordic that...
2012-06-26
882 reads
DBCC CHECKDB
Quite often when I see a new SQL Server setup, a CHECKDB has never been run on the databases. It’s...
2012-05-31 (first published: 2012-05-29)
118,721 reads
Backup compression using IBM TDP for SQL Server
If you are using SQL Server 2008 enterprise/datacenter edition, or SQL Server 2008 R2 standard or above, you are in...
2012-05-15
1,989 reads
Troubleshooting Database mail
Last week we blogged about “How to configure Database mail” – this week we’ll have a closer look at what to...
2012-05-08
9,812 reads
Automatic page repair with SQL Server Mirroring
Now and then my colleagues and I find our selves in the middle of a discussion about SQL Server Mirroring...
2012-05-01 (first published: 2012-04-24)
3,198 reads
How to Configure Database mail
In my daily job as a SQL Server consultant I go to a lot of places, many days on the...
2012-05-01
8,265 reads
Visualize Wait stats with Microsoft Excel
In our blog post last week: Instance Wide Wait Stats we promised to show You how to visualize the collected...
2012-04-18
1,176 reads
Instance Wide Wait Stats
Over the last many weeks we have written quite a few blog post about query debugging, using Extended Events, Blocking...
2012-04-11 (first published: 2012-04-09)
2,472 reads
Nifty queries using a Numbers helper table
(The complete usable code is in the very bottom of this blog post)
Some of you may have seen this “numbers...
2012-04-09 (first published: 2012-04-04)
4,629 reads
Blogs
Reverse Engineering a Physical Model Diagram
By Steve Jones
I recently wrote about a logical diagram with Redgate Data Modeler. That was interesting,...
Prepping for Certification, Part 3 of ?
By Brian Kelley
After I have understood the details for a certification test (part 1), including format...
SQL Training Black Friday Deals
By Brian Kelley
If you're looking for particular "Black Friday" deals, here is what I've seen advertised...
Forums
Best analysis approach to reduce data type length in multiple tables
Hello SSC, I hope everyone is having a happy and safe holiday season! I...
Do you separate data/log files and TempDB files on different disks using AWS EC2
Hello, I am receiving multiple direction on deploying SQL Servers in AWS EC2. ...
Service account being in local admin in AWS EC2 environment?
Hello, I am working with a company on their database administration. I am trying...
Question of the Day
A New Operator
In SQL Server 2025, what does this code return?
SELECT '1' || '0'See possible answers