System Reserved Partition and monitoring
On Windows 2008 R2 , a System Reserved Partition is created. It is 100 MB and acts as a preparatory step...
2011-12-02
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- Interests: Performance Tuning Database Servers, Running and Coffee
SQL Table variable and temporary table
Table variables and Temporary tables are used interchangeably – but they were designed for different purposes.
Temporary tables were designed for storage...
2011-12-01
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SQL Dirty Pages
Lazy writing , eager writing and checkpoint use asynchronous IO in writing pages to disk. The purpose of asynchronous IO is...
2011-11-28
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Data Loading Performance Guide
Bulk loading with large amounts of data requires strategy. The Data Loading Performance Guide for SQL Server 2008 and SQL...
2011-11-26
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MS DTC and sys.dm_tran_active_transactions
A sql reindex command was being blocked by two active transactions in MS DTC. Use
sys.dm_tran_active_transactions to report more detail on...
2011-11-24
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ALTER INDEX permissions
Developers like to have some control over the development process. An example is index building. Asking aDBA repeatedly for changes ...
2011-11-23
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Monitoring a Rollback and sys.dm_exec_requests
The dynamic management view (DMV) sys.dm_exec_requests returns information about each request that is executing within SQL Server.
Instead of using Activity...
2011-11-22
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Quotename in SQL
Quotename() is a SQL Server String function.
It accepts an input string of of up to 128 characters. Which is a...
2011-11-15
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DBCC CHECKDB
Torn Pages \ Corrupt pages – all in a days work for a DBA. But can anyone tell me how to use...
2011-11-14
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Stored Procedure Checklist
DBAs find it easier to manage large Database Server environments when checklists are used. This Stored procedure checklist will stimulate...
2011-11-10
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Blogs
Query Intelligence in SQL Server 2025: What Developers Need to Know
By Chris Yates
When Microsoft announced SQL Server 2025, I was curious about what would truly change...
Finding and Killing Blockers with Redgate AI Tech
By Steve Jones
Redgate has a research arm, called the Foundry, that has been experimenting with AIs...
Back at Small Data SF in 2025
By Steve Jones
Today I’m in San Francisco at Small Data SF 2025. I went to the...
Forums
Distributed Availability Group Issue / Misunderstanding.
Not sure if this is a tech mistake I've made or a lack of...
Large posts full of code not allowed anymore?
Several times now, I've seen a post asking for a solution. I've replied, and...
Data > Hype
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Question of the Day
Slipstream parameters
What parameters are needed to enable a slipstream installation for setup.exe (SQL Server setup)?
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