PsPing your Azure SQL Server

PsPing tool is part of the sysinternals PsTools download found –  ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psping) This is the tool of choice when wanting to...

Set up Instant File Initialization for SQL Server

When a space growth operation is done within SQL Server (create, restore, auto-grow) the engine places zeros across the file...

Taking the Linux plunge

I’m a Windows guy.
Kinda have had to be, given my profession as a SQL Server DBA. But recently I’ve become...

Why Availability Databases Are Not Synchronizing?

If you are working on SQL Server Availability Group Databases, you may have seen that Availability Group is online but at-least...

Zero Width Characters

Another bit of miscellany, this one shows how you can use zero width characters to tag/fingerprint data. Reminds me of...

SQL Server on VMware Boot Camp at VMworld 2018

I am extremely proud to announce that I am presenting in conjunction with VMware Corp. an all-day boot camp for...

Finding Inconsistent Key Values–#SQLNewBlogger

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...

Friday Reading 2018-07-20

Haven’t posted one of these for a while! It’s good to have some time back to be able to read/write.
I’ve...

My #SQLCareer Day–July 19

I’ve asked for #SQLCareer posts, and I haven’t done any. My job isn’t a data platform DBA or developer, but...

Silly Photos at Work

Someone I stumbled across this picture of @brento on my drive.

This might be the best one:

And this was a good...