AWS RDS and SQL Server Deadlocks
What’s the story with AWS RDS and SQL Server deadlocks? I’m approaching AWS RDS like I was taking on a new role at a new organization. Do we have...
2020-06-08
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Grant Fritchey
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Fun Fact: AWS RDS and system_health
Did you know that the system_health Extended Event session was running in your RDS instances? Well, it is. HOWEVER. This query, which works perfectly fine on my on premises...
2020-06-02
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Can We Get Row Counts After Execution?
The general idea for this question came from dba.stackexchange.com: could we, and if we can, how, get row counts after execution. I was intrigued with the idea, so I...
2020-06-01 (first published: 2020-05-18)
607 reads
Let’s Talk About The Cloud
I’m launching a new initiative called the Community Circle Cloud Conversation Club (c5 for short). It’s going to a panel discussion lead by experts on cloud technologies. I’ll be...
2020-05-29
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Find Indexes Used In Query Store
One of the most frequent questions you’ll hear online is how to determine if a particular index is in use. There is no perfect answer to this question. You...
2020-05-25 (first published: 2020-05-11)
442 reads
How Does The CHOOSE Command Affect Performance?
Questions absolutely drive my blog content and I really liked this one: how does the T-SQL CHOOSE command affect performance. On the face of it, I honestly don’t think...
2020-05-11 (first published: 2020-04-27)
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2020-05-09
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Database Fundamentals #24: More Filtering Data
In this Database Fundamentals post we continue discussing the functionality of the WHERE clause. We started with the basics of the logic using things like AND, OR and LIKE...
2020-05-04
117 reads
Redgate Community Circle
I am very excited to announce that I will be taking my paid precon content “Tools for SQL Server Query Performance Tuning” and presenting it for free. This is...
2020-04-23 (first published: 2020-04-16)
177 reads
The Very Best of Extended Events
Over the next couple of months, I’ll be putting on a number of different sessions teaching about the tools supplied by Microsoft, for free, that can help you when...
2020-04-20
246 reads
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Database Mail Configuration
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Question of the Day
Database Mail Configuration
If I want to get a list of the configuration settings for Database Mail using T-SQL, how can I do so?
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