Would You Still Love Linux If Windows Was Free?
How often is cost the deciding factor in the case of Windows vs Linux? And what if cost wasn’t a...
2017-02-07
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Blog Posts
After migrating SQL Server from 2005 to higher version, the waits type PAGELATCH_UP increased
Recently, I experienced an interesting issue where I found SQL Server wait type PageLatch_UP went up drastically after migration. Let’s...
2017-02-06
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DBA 101: Altering a column
People always ask me what tools I use. Mostly this question comes from the topic of monitoring. I can honestly...
2017-02-06 (first published: 2017-02-02)
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GitLab for SQL Server Projects
This is the seventh part in the series: SQL Server and Continuous Integration. This post demonstrates the use of GitLab to build...
2017-02-06 (first published: 2017-02-02)
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Monday Coffee 2017-02-06
A lot’s been said about last week’s Gitlab outage so I’m not going to go over the details here but...
2017-02-06
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Part 2 - Detecting and Monitoring Memory Pressure Using DMV
I will be writing
this article in four parts because this topic is huge and the amount of
information can be overwhelming...
2017-02-06
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SQL Connectivity issues: A guided walk through
The SQL Tiger Team (t) has recently put out a guided walkthrough for SQL Connectivity issues.
Announcement
Walk Through
If you look...
2017-02-06
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SQL Server: DATETIME vs DATETIME2
When it comes to a choice between data types for a field in a SQL Server database's table, an issue...
2017-02-06
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SQL Server: DATETIME vs DATETIME2
When it comes to a choice between data types for a field in a SQL Server database's table, an issue that is frequently discussed in popular forums is a...
2017-02-06
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SQLPort V2
The new site of SQLPort is finally live. This is not just a redesign of the original site, published in...
2017-02-06
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Microsoft Security Changes and SQL...
Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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