The Hollywood DBA
I’m delighted to welcome a fellow Brit to the blog to share their story in today’s guest post. Many of you will...
2012-07-18
1,003 reads
John Sansom
Lunch is for Wimps
A real life DBA tale from the trenches with some awesome advice. That’s what one reader chose to share with...
2012-07-03
1,268 reads
Guest Post – DBAvolution
One of my favourite things about the SQL community is the exquisite diversity of talent of it’s members. Today for the “What’s it...
2012-06-27
2,012 reads
Get Your Ass to PASS!
This year there are to be no excuses, and I mean it.
You know what I’m talking about. There’s always some...
2012-06-20
829 reads
Guest Post – The Last Starfighter
Today I am delighted to be able to share with you a guest post from one of my all time...
2012-06-13
1,213 reads
What’s it Like to Be a DBA?
Absolutely fantastic of course!
You regular readers know that the Becoming a DBA area of the blog is one of the...
2012-06-10
814 reads
Stop Asking and Start Making Decisions Today
You’re desperately trying to get things done but it’s just not happening for you. I’m going to let you in on a little secret, you’re doing it wrong!
2012-05-16
3,445 reads
Where Have all the DBAs and DB DEVs Gone?
Last week the SQL community and in particular the blogosphere, was buzzing with interest noise following the Microsoft Learning site...
2012-04-17
889 reads
How To Live Blog an Event
As the euphoria of SQLBits X sadly begins to fade, I wanted to take a moment to share with you...
2012-04-11
1,062 reads
SQL Server Instant File Initialization (PQW)
In this article we’re going to look at instant file initialization. What it is, why it’s cool and how you can use it in your environments.
2012-04-02
5,222 reads
Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
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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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