Backup of an Azure SQL DB downloaded outside of Azure
From a dev colleague: “Asking for a client... do you know how to get a backup of an Azure SQL DB downloaded outside of Azure?”
Short answer - You can’t…
Medium...
2019-03-05
30 reads
Will Assaf
"A connection timeout has occurred on a previously established connection to availability replica"
I previously spent some time troubleshooting this issue at one client, and then having encountered it twice more this year, I figured I'd include it in a blog post....
2019-02-01
6,280 reads
Actual Emails: What is a "soft delete"?
What's a "soft delete", and why should DBAs be aware of such behavior in tables?
So, a DELETE statement is a “hard” delete. The data is gone.
However, it is a...
2018-12-19
16 reads
No Speaker? No Problem! Host a non-traditional User Group meeting
Was honored to speak to fellow User Group leaders at the PASS Summit User Group leader meeting on Tuesday. Here's detail and links to some of the things I...
2018-11-07
15 reads
Emphasizing STEM Community Education at your SQLSaturday
Was honored to speak to fellow SQLSaturday Organizers at the PASS Summit SQLSat organizer meeting on Tuesday. Here's an outline, detail and links to some of the things I...
2018-11-06
9 reads
SQL Admin Best Practices with DMV's at the Houston SQL Server UG
Thanks to the full room of SQL enthusiasts who joined me today for the September Houston SQL Server UG Group Meeting! What a great crowd that enjoyed the hospitality...
2018-09-11
9 reads
Organizer's Thoughts on our STEM Kid's Track at SQLSaturday Baton Rouge
New this year to #SQLSatBR that was really nice for us - we hosted a kid's STEM track leveraging an existing children's education organization operated by the STEMupBR program...
2018-08-20
14 reads
SQLSaturday Baton Rouge thank yous
Hello everyone who was at #SQLSatBR this year!We had a huge early morning wave of attendees this morning that inundated our sponsors just like a cooling rain inundated us in...
2018-08-12
8 reads
SQLSaturday Baton Rouge at LSU on August 11
We're a little under a month away from #SQLSatBR!We need VOLUNTEERS.Registration is required!We still have tables of all sizes available for sponsors!Our 10th annual SQLSaturday features an 14-track lineup...
2018-07-17
9 reads
Baton Rouge User Groups Networking Night
What a great evening of interesting presentations, professional networking, and Jambalaya!We had 5 speakers last night on topics covering: Availability Groups (me), software documentation, leveraging the SQL Server community,...
2018-07-12
15 reads
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Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
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I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
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Putting this here as we're currently on SQL Server 2019 installed on Windows Server...
Question of the Day
Rebuilding All Indexes
I have added a few indexes to one of my tables in SQL Server 2025:
ALTER TABLE dbo.CustomerContact
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_CustomerContact
PRIMARY KEY (CustomerID);
-- Create index on CustomerEmail
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerEmail
ON dbo.CustomerContact (CustomerEmail);
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone
ON dbo.CustomerContact (phone);
I then do this to disable one index:
alter index IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone on dbo.CustomerContact disableI see this when I check the index status:
I decide to rebuild all indexes with this command:
ALTER INDEX ALL ON dbo.CustomerContact rebuildAfter I do this, what will I see for the index status? See possible answers