SQL Server – Script to generate Read-Only Routing URLs
If you are familiar with the new feature Read-Only Routing introduced in SQL Server 2012 with AlwaysOn then you should...
2015-10-01
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SQL Server – New Database Backup Encryption with SQL Server 2014
With the release of Microsoft SQL Server 2014, we have the first version of SQL Server that supports encrypting database...
2015-07-21
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SQL Server – Capture Execution Plan of a Currently Running Query/Process SPID
DBAs most often face scenarios where they need to capture graphical execution plan of a query currently running on a live production instance because...
2015-06-05
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SQL Server – How to Calculate Length and Size of any field in a SQL Table
Recently I came across a situation where queries are loading extremely slow from a table. After careful analysis we found...
2015-06-04
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SQL Server – Changing Ownership for All the User Databases to “sa” Account
Most people prefer to have “sa” account as the database owner, primary reason being sa login cannot be removed/deleted unlike any...
2015-05-05
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SQL Server – Endpoint Authentication Error in AlwaysOn Availability Group Setup
According to MSDN: If the SQL Server service is running as a built-in account, such as Local System, Local Service,...
2015-02-06
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SQL Server – Ports used by Database Engine and other SQL Features
Most of us know the default port for SQL Server is 1433, but there are various ports being used by SQL Server...
2014-12-07
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SQL Server – Failed to bring availability group ‘[availability group name]’ online
I have been noticing one very common error that occurs while trying to failover an Availability Group in SQL Server 2012 AlwaysON...
2014-10-28
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SQL Server – Aborted Online Index Operation & Observed Elevated Values for PWAIT_MD_RELATION_CACHE and MD_LAZYCACHE_RWLOCK Wait Types
Last week on one of our production servers (version 2011.110.3373.0), we’ve encountered a strange issue which is relatively new (only...
2014-08-12
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SQL Server – Script to Identify and Update Database Auto-Growth Setting
An auto-growth event is the process by which the SQL Server engine expands the size of a database file when...
2014-06-25
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Blogs
Unused Indexes in SQL Server: Find them, vet them, and drop them safely
Unused Indexes in SQL Server: Find them, vet them, and drop them safely Indexes are...
T-SQL Tuesday #191 Round Up
By Steve Jones
I hosted this month, late as it turns out, but we still had a...
Come See Me at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Brian Kelley
I'm speaking on Quantum Computing at the PASS Data Community Summit. It's scheduled for...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Create an HTML Report on...
Managing unused indexes
While doing some housekeeping activity on several old but large production databases, I come...
Cloud Performance Considerations
How important to SQL Server is the speed of the SSD and network latency?...
Question of the Day
Striped Backup File Limits
In SQL Server 2022, how many backup files can I have in a striped backup?
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