SQL Server Partitioning for Performance
Often enough I get questions regarding partitioning to try to help alleviate performance issues with very large tables. A common misconception is that due to the table being large,...
2022-07-12
35 reads
Tim Radney
How to Reset the SA Password When Locked Out
Getting locked out of a SQL Server instance can happen due to a number of situations. The most common scenario I’ve encountered is when a SQL Server is moved...
2022-06-21
20 reads
SQL Server Backups
I’ve written many blog post and articles over the years about SQL Server backups and restore options. I am constantly amazed at how often I find databases that are...
2022-05-16
8 reads
Online Training Courses
Today Paul sent out the quarterly numbers to the team letting us know the hours our courses have been viewed during March. Being a data guy, I decided that...
2022-04-25 (first published: 2022-04-12)
419 reads
SQLFAMILY Folding@Home Makes Top 100 Team
Back in March 2020 Glenn Berry created the #SQLFamily Folding@Home team and many of us joined in donating compute cycles to helping find a cure for various diseases to...
2021-12-22 (first published: 2021-12-12)
228 reads
MVP for Another Year 2021-2022
A few minutes ago, I received an email from Microsoft presenting me with the 2021-2022 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. This is my 8th award and I am...
2021-07-01
27 reads
3D Printing Ear Savers Aug 6th 2020
I have now printed over 20,000 ear savers. I hit 20k printed yesterday on Aug 5th, exactly 4 months after starting this project. As of 7PM Eastern today, my...
2020-08-21 (first published: 2020-08-06)
273 reads
3D Printing Ear Savers Aug 6th 2020
I have now printed over 20,000 ear savers. I hit 20k printed yesterday on Aug 5th, exactly 4 months after starting this project. As of 7PM Eastern today, my...
2020-08-06
6 reads
3D Printing Ear Savers Aug 6th 2020
I have now printed over 20,000 ear savers. I hit 20k printed yesterday on Aug 5th, exactly 4 months after starting this project. As of 7PM Eastern today, my...
2020-08-06
4 reads
3D Printing Ear Savers Aug 6th 2020
I have now printed over 20,000 ear savers. I hit 20k printed yesterday on Aug 5th, exactly 4 months after starting this project. As of 7PM Eastern today, my...
2020-08-06
3 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Customer Quotes
By Steve Jones
Many organizations list customer testimonials and quotes on their websites or literature. It makes...
Using Cron in Postgres Flex
pg_cron is a simple cron-based job scheduler for PostgreSQL that runs inside the database...
Can I Change a Primary Key Value? #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I heard someone say recently that you can’t change a primary key value in...
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Question of the Day
Multiple Collations
Can I have a collation expression like this in SQL Server 2022?
... WHERE ColumnA = ( 'abc' COLLATE French_CI_AS) COLLATE French_CS_AS ...See possible answers