Event Tracing for Windows Target
There are many useful targets within SQL Server’s Extended Events. Of all of the targets, the most daunting is probably...
2019-01-03
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File Maintenance – Cleaning Up Old Files
Using SSIS to Maintain the File System
We have all run into a need or a desire to clean up old...
2019-01-03 (first published: 2018-12-21)
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Checking your Memory with XE
It is well known and understood that SQL Server requires a substantial amount of memory. SQL Server will also try...
2019-01-02
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Checking your Memory with XE
It is well known and understood that SQL Server requires a substantial amount of memory. SQL Server will also try to consume as much memory as possible from the...
2019-01-02
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Finding Application Session Settings
One of the underused troubleshooting and performance tuning techniques is to validate the application session settings. Things can work fabulous inside of SSMS, but run miserably inside the application.
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2019-01-01
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Finding Application Session Settings
One of the underused troubleshooting and performance tuning techniques is to validate the application session settings. Things can work fabulous...
2019-01-01
416 reads
Finding Installed Event Sessions
As a DBA, it is not uncommon to feel like you are marooned off on some tiny little island trying...
2018-12-31
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Finding Installed Event Sessions
Get off that arctic island and warm up with a little XE fun. This script is quite simple but will show you what you may have out there on...
2018-12-31
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SQLs Black Box Recorder – sp_server_diagnostics
The diagnostics process will trap various server related health (diagnostics) information related to the SQL Server instance in an effort to try and detect potential failures and errors.
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2018-12-30
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SQLs Black Box Recorder – sp_server_diagnostics
Yesterday i shared the first article in a three part series about the SQL Black Box Recorder, that you can...
2018-12-30
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Question of the Day
Fun with JSON I
I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers