Tracking table changes seamlessly with Change Data Capture (CDC)
I am going to describe quite forgotten feature in SQL Server 2008. It is Change Data Capture (CDC) – powerful feature...
2011-07-15
2,580 reads
Danny Riebeek
- Interests: SQL Monitoring
- Website: https://www.sqltreeo.com
Do you use T-SQL debugging?
T-SQL debugging is not 100% in SQL Server. It has few bad drawbacks starting from difficulties when setting it up...
2011-07-13
1,218 reads
Copying parent-child rows and SQL Dependency Tracker
I was facing quite well-known issue today – I had to develop logic of duplicating (versioning) parent-child records. Because I was...
2011-07-12
2,124 reads
Denali’s Skeletons in the closet (and workaround), Part II
I continued to check SQL Server 2011 “Denali” for few things I dislike on 2008 R2 and tried to find...
2011-07-11
619 reads
Select random records using TABLESAMPLE clause
While I was reading Martin Catherall’s post about Selecting from a table with no rows returned I remembered TABLESAMPLE function...
2011-07-11
1,388 reads
How to merge (combine) date intervals in T-SQL
On my current project, I am dealing with date intervals in T-SQL very heavily. I’ve hit interesting issue recently – how...
2011-07-08
2,165 reads
Showing slowest parts of SQL query
I’ve received interesting question/requirement few days ago:
“… When viewing a query plan graphically, we usually have to hunt for the...
2011-07-08
1,670 reads
Wife and kids are leaving for holiday (it’s not off-topic)
My wife and kids are leaving for holiday (without me). Bad thing is that I will miss them, good thing...
2011-07-07
1,300 reads
Denali’s Skeletons in the closet, Part I
I’ve started to play little bit with SQL Server 2011 CTP Denali to find out whether some open wounds were...
2011-07-06
465 reads
Less code with rethrowing “exception” in SQL Server 2011
I wrote about some skeletons in the Denali’s closet here. Let’s also put some good on the table. Very handy...
2011-07-06
1,220 reads
Blogs
Think Twice Before Enabling Fabric’s Inbound Network Protection
Fabric inbound network protection involves two tenant-level controls: Private Link and Block Public Internet...
Match the Model to the Task, Not the App: An Orchestrator-Worker Pattern in Python
Most apps that call an LLM send every request to the same model. That...
Advice I Like: Responsibility
By Steve Jones
“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...
Forums
AI Observability Challenges in FinOps as a DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item AI Observability Challenges in FinOps...
Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL
Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...
SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Agent Job Automated Change...
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Finding a Database Master Key
Where do I check for the existence of a Database Master Key (DMK) in SQL Server 2025?
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