Why you still need DBA resource in the cloud
Why a DBA, rather then being redundant, is even more valuable when your databases run in the cloud.
2023-05-31 (first published: 2023-05-19)
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Matthew McGiffen
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Top Tools for SQL Server Performance Troubleshooting
When you've got the symptoms of a database issue you can run a series of diagnostic queries to try and drill down on the problem and then start figuring...
2023-05-26 (first published: 2023-05-16)
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Impact of TDE on Performance
Microsoft states that enabling TDE usually has a performance overhead of 2–4%. That doesn’t sound like very much, and personally I wouldn’t let it bother me if I want...
2023-05-24 (first published: 2023-05-10)
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Statistics Parser
Using Statistics Parser to easily read output from STATISTICS IO and STATISTICS TIME.
2023-05-23
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Backup Encryption in SQL Server
In this post we look at how you work with the Backup Encryption Feature in SQL Server.
2023-05-18
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2023-05-17
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TDE: Database Backups and High Availability
Database backups continue to work without change when you have TDE enabled. The only difference is that the backups contain encrypted data that cannot be read without the certificate...
2023-05-15
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The Importance of SQL Server Performance Tuning in the Cloud
Make sure your cloud SQL Server databases are optimized and achieve significant cost savings.
2023-05-12
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Implementing Temporal Tables Where You Have Existing Data
An in-depth look at how you convert an existing table with data to a system versioned table that will maintain a history of changes.
2023-05-11
122 reads
Errata for my book: Pro Encryption in SQL Server 2022
My biggest fear when my book went into production was that any factual errors had slipped through my checks and the various reviews. I had a lot of reviewer...
2023-03-21
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Encoding URLs
I have this data in a table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers