SQL Server Management Data Warehouse (MDW) – Why it Rocks
Ensuring excellent performance for users and customers is a high priority for Database Administrators.
Today I want to share a free and easy...
2013-04-16
2,492 reads
John Sansom
SQL Server Management Data Warehouse (MDW) – Why it Rocks
Ensuring excellent performance for users and customers is a high priority for Database Administrators.
Here I share a free and easy way for you to get valuable insight into the...
2013-04-16
168 reads
Implicit Conversions and Avoiding Them With Computed Columns
I recently encountered an interesting performance issue (due to implicit conversions) that I was able to solve using a lesser known...
2013-04-02 (first published: 2013-03-25)
3,975 reads
Implicit Conversions and Avoiding Them With Computed Columns
I recently encountered an interesting performance issue (due to implicit conversions) that I was able to solve using a lesser known technique and I wanted to share it with...
2013-03-25
33 reads
How To Be An Expert At What You Do
Every successful company has them. They’re the lifeblood of their organisations. Linchpins essential to getting things done and doing them...
2013-03-20
1,045 reads
Career Growth and How You Can Achieve Explosive Results
Continued investment in your professional development for career growth is hard. It’s also essential to being a successful Data Professional.
You’ve...
2013-03-05
1,526 reads
Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 01/03/13
It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week!
Make sure you don’t miss this weekly round-up of SQL Server...
2013-03-01
1,074 reads
Restart the SQL Server Agent Service using PowerShell
Just a quick one today chaps, to show how you can restart the SQL Server Agent Service using PowerShell.
Whilst covering...
2013-02-26
5,061 reads
Multitasking A Ridiculous Workload – How I Do It
I don’t! There’s no such thing as multitasking. At least, not how most of us think about it……
Being successful as...
2013-02-19
964 reads
Overconfidence – How it Almost Cost Me and What You Can Do to Avoid It
It was early one morning and I was working on a production deployment to add a new Subscriber to an...
2013-02-15 (first published: 2013-02-05)
3,775 reads
Blogs
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The Book of Redgate: Evidence
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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