Using indexed views on ANY core SQL server edition
I was having a discussion the other day and was quite surprised to hear that there still appears to be...
2014-08-26
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Blog Posts
Generating a restore script
In order to speed up our backups on a large database our team decided to stripe the backup files. In...
2014-08-25 (first published: 2014-08-18)
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How to kill a negative SPID (like SPID -2 or -3) in SQL Server?
Today, I face issue during one database restore. I am not able to restore because “Database is in use, Not...
2014-08-25
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How to kill a negative SPID (like SPID -2 or -3) in SQL Server?
Today, I face issue during one database restore. I am not able to restore because “Database is in use, Not able to take exclusive lock”. I have killed all...
2014-08-25
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #98
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-08-25
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Refreshing A SQL Mirrored Database Using Powershell
SQL mirroring is a means of providing high availability for your SQL database. It is available in Standard Edition and...
2014-08-25
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The amazing never shrinking heap
This is a quick demo of a little “trick” with heaps I’ve known about for a couple of years. However...
2014-08-25
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The Good the Bad and the Ugly of my extended job search
Now that I’ve finally started a new job (explains why I haven’t blogged for a while) I can discuss my...
2014-08-25
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Speaking at SQLSaturday #336 Holland
I received some great news this week, my session about wait statistics is selected for SQLSaturday #336 in Utrecht, Holland!
This...
2014-08-23
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Friday Followup For August 22, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-08-22
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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,...
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Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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