One job to rule them all
Three batch jobs that run all night.Seven for the DBAs to maintain and protect.Nine quick little jobs run by the ... Continue reading
2023-09-01
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Three batch jobs that run all night.Seven for the DBAs to maintain and protect.Nine quick little jobs run by the ... Continue reading
2023-09-01
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I saw this article on using AI to help that included a few prompts. I decided to try one. This is part of a series of experiments with the...
2023-08-31
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This is a question that’s come up twice this morning, firstly where can we find a history of database snapshots and secondly where can we find a history of...
2023-08-30 (first published: 2023-08-14)
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A customer had a question about restoring with standby, so I wrote a quick post to explain how this works. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully...
2023-08-30
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I’ve been thinking about starting a newsletter for a while now. I want to focus on summaries and what stood out for me from among the many cool talks...
2023-08-30 (first published: 2023-08-14)
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I’m heading to Chicago today for the Redgate Database DevOps in a Day workshops. This is the first of many on the US tour. I’ll be at 5 of...
2023-08-29
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Remotely Check Disks Space, Find Large Files and Remove Old Files - PowerShell
For a very important client, I currently manage over 200 SQL...
2023-08-29
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Lately, I’ve been having to create items in Power BI, that I haven’t had to do for a while, this week it was a Time table. Of course, I...
2023-08-28 (first published: 2023-08-11)
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Data lakes typically have three layers: raw, cleaned, and presentation (also called bronze, silver, and gold if using the medallion architecture popularized by Databricks). I talk about this is...
2023-08-28 (first published: 2023-08-09)
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mahpiohanzia – n. the frustration of being unable to fly, unable to stretch out your arms and vault into the air, having finally shrugged off the burden of your...
2023-08-25
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By Steve Jones
I needed to test a striped backup, so I decided to ask the AI’s...
By gbargsley
In SQL Server environments where transactional replication runs alongside Always On Availability Groups (AGs),...
Disable the sa login in SQL Server (and sleep better)If you run SQL Server...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Create an HTML Report on...
The SQLPS.exe file has gone AWOL on 2 of my 4 SQL servers, ie,...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Be Wary of Data
You have a table [dbo].[orders] without a Clustered Index (Heap). The table does not have any other nonclustered indexes! You rund the following command in Read Committed Isolation Level:
SELECTo_orderdate, o_orderkey, o_custkey, o_storekey FROMdbo.orders WHEREo_orderkey = 3877;