Database Issue: The transaction log for database ‘db_name’ is full due to ‘ACTIVE_BACKUP_OR_RESTORE’.
Today, I was called in the early hours because the transaction log of one of the SQL Server 2016 database...
2017-08-20
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Blog Posts
Query Store functionality in earlier versions of SQL Server
One of the best features introduced in SQL Server 2016 was the Query Store. Having the ability to see which...
2017-08-19
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31 Days of Disaster Recovery Revisited
A few years ago, I did a blog post series dedicated to disaster recovery (backups, restores, corruption, etc). 31 blog...
2017-08-18
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Being a Positive Influencer
I read a lot of self-help and improvement information. I’m always trying to hack my brain or my attitude to...
2017-08-18 (first published: 2017-07-31)
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Fixing You’ll need a new app to open this ms-word
It should come as no surprise that we rely heavily on SharePoint for sharing documents at Microsoft. For the most part it is a great solution with few issues....
2017-08-18
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Fixing You’ll need a new app to open this ms-word
It should come as no surprise that we rely heavily on SharePoint for sharing documents at Microsoft. For the most...
2017-08-18
889 reads
Friday Reading 2017-08-18
Cool week, I’ve been selected to present at SQL Saturday Holland & SQL Saturday Denmark this year. September and October are...
2017-08-18
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Learning through gaming a SQL Server tale
I’ve been teaching my 17 yr old SQL Server and other various topics. I have quite a bit of experience...
2017-08-18 (first published: 2017-07-31)
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Power BI FAQ Chat Bot 9000 lives!
So I’ve been working on a fun little project over the past couple weeks. A lot of my customers have...
2017-08-18
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Using Time Zones in SQL Server
The usage of time zones in applications becomes inevitable, especially with the globalization of the applications. Reports need to be run in different time zones. Services have to consider...
2017-08-18
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Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Forums
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
BIT_COUNT() V
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BIT_COUNT() V
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