Quick tip: WMI alerts and SQL Server Agent permissions.
I came across an issue today while trying to create a WMI alert for a mirroring state change. The error...
2013-08-15
1,375 reads
I came across an issue today while trying to create a WMI alert for a mirroring state change. The error...
2013-08-15
1,375 reads
SQL Server 2014 CTP is available for download and evaluation and it contains a couple of exciting performance enhancements. One...
2013-07-08
2,494 reads
I was asked a good question the other day, one that I wasn’t sure of the answer. The question was...
2013-05-22
1,355 reads
In SQL Server 2012 a new procedure sp_server_diagnostics returns a payload of information about server health and performance. The sproc...
2013-04-11 (first published: 2013-04-03)
3,985 reads
I’ve been looking into the behaviour of statistics in SQL Server 2008 – so I’d like to present an overview from...
2013-02-20 (first published: 2013-02-14)
7,011 reads
Introduction:
I came across a couple of subtle gotchas around the permissions required to restore a database in SQL Server 2008+...
2013-01-10
5,559 reads
There’s a lot of things to consider when migrating databases between SQL Server instances. I want to provide some tips...
2012-11-26 (first published: 2012-11-13)
4,049 reads
Actually I’m not sure if anyone still believes this anymore. If you read the BOL description carefully it states that...
2012-11-02 (first published: 2012-10-31)
4,406 reads
Here are a couple of quick database and table level queries that I have found useful lately.
How many rows in...
2012-10-30
1,610 reads
A question that a DBA will often be asked is what databases are actively being used on my SQL Server?...
2012-10-17
2,934 reads
By Brian Kelley
In information security (INFOSEC), there several foundational concepts and principles. One of the ones...
By Steve Jones
the standard blues– n. the dispiriting awareness that the twists and turns of your...
By Chris Yates
A brief introduction to the tool and its advantages for database migrations DevOps is...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item One more reason to use...
I'm tracing activity on one database and would like to include the client_app_name in...
select Custno, Addr1, City, Res_Phone, Bus_Phone, Fax_Phone, Marine_Phone, Pager_Phone, Other_Phone, email1, email2 from customer...
I want to mark a transaction in the log as a recovery point. How do I do this in my code if I use the transaction, myTran?
See possible answers