Disk Space and SQL Server
Disk Space in SQL Server
One of the frequently required job functions of the database administrator is to track disk space...
2019-04-04 (first published: 2019-03-18)
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Jason Brimhall
Indexed Views – Performance Panacea or Plight
An indexed view is a view where the result set from the query (the view definition) becomes materialized in lieu of the virtual table result set of a standard (non-indexed) view. Many...
2019-04-01
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Connect To SQL Server – Back to Basics
The first critical task any data professional should ever learn how to do is how to connect to SQL Server. Without a connection to SQL Server, there is barely...
2019-03-27
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Connect To SQL Server – Back to Basics
The first critical task any data professional should ever learn how to do is how to connect to SQL Server. Without a connection to SQL Server, there is barely...
2019-03-27
489 reads
An Experiment with Deadlocks
There seems to be a myth out there that when deadlocks come a-knocking, then just throw this little directive (ROWLOCK) at it and all will be well. This is...
2019-03-25
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An Experiment with Deadlocks
There seems to be a myth out there that when deadlocks come a-knocking, then just throw this little directive (ROWLOCK) at it and all will be well. This is...
2019-03-25
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The Curiously Large CASE Statement
A powerful little expression in SQL Server is the CASE statement. The CASE statement has the ability to "transform" data per business rules to help better understand the data...
2019-03-20
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Disk Space and SQL Server
One of the frequently required job functions of the database administrator is to track disk space consumption. Whether this requirement comes from management or from a learning opportunity after a...
2019-03-18
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Interview Trick Questions
Today, I am diverging from the more technical posts that I routinely share. Instead, as the title suggests, I want...
2019-02-25 (first published: 2019-02-04)
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Defaults In msdb Database
Today is a day to discuss defaults. It started with the day being TSQL Tuesday and having a topic of...
2019-02-19 (first published: 2019-01-28)
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Blogs
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server
Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array....
The Book of Redgate: Products
By Steve Jones
We are product focused at Redgate Software. Here is another of our values that...
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The SQL Server 2016 Plan
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hi, a few years ago was at a very large company that bought a...
Implicit Conversions Cripple SQL Server
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() III
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count(-1)What is returned? See possible answers