SQL Server 2017 – DMV – sys.dm_os_host_info
I always love to get my hands dirty with new features of SQL Server. I was exploring SQL Server on...
2017-07-27 (first published: 2017-07-14)
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Blog Posts
Two Ways to Restore Database from MDF File in SQL Server
Introduction
In todays decade Relational database Management system became the necessity of the organizations whether they are small level or large level. In such context SQL Server is the best...
2017-07-27
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Happy Belated 150th Birthday Canada, and the Importance of Compliance, Especially Vulnerability Assessments
Assess your vulnerabilities before a system compromise brings it all down: just like what wasn't done early morning on Zhiggy's...
2017-07-26
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Acids and Databases: A look at ACID and transactions
Relational database management systems (RDBMS) such as SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL use transactions to allow concurrent users to...
2017-07-26
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Azure Cloud “Fear” Busting #1 – Security
So here we go, the first installment of my cloud blog series. From my experience this concern is a common...
2017-07-26 (first published: 2017-07-12)
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Creating SQL Server containers with docker compose
Up until now my posts about containers have been talking about working with one container only. In the real world...
2017-07-26 (first published: 2017-07-12)
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Speaking at TechMentor – Redmond
I’ll be speaking at TechMentor, August 7-11 at Microsoft HQ in Redmond. Surrounded by your fellow IT professionals, TechMentor provides...
2017-07-26
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Speaking at TechMentor – Redmond
I’ll be speaking at TechMentor, August 7-11 at Microsoft HQ in Redmond. Surrounded by your fellow IT professionals, TechMentor provides you with in-depth, immediately usable training that will keep...
2017-07-26
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Create a Staging Load with Biml
When designing the ETL architecture for new or changing systems, one of the more common needs is to create a...
2017-07-25 (first published: 2017-07-12)
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One SSMS Trick That Will Make You a Faster Query Builder
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Here's the scenario: you copy and paste some code into a query you are building. A few minutes later you need that same snippet...
2017-07-25
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Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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