SQL Server 2014 In-Memory OLTP (Hekaton) Limitations
One of the biggest new features in SQL Server 2014 is SQL Server In-Memory OLTP, known mostly by its code...
2014-01-07
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Blog Posts
What’s the Best Path to Becoming a DBA?
I received a blog comment from a nice chap recently, concerning a subject that I’m often asked about and I wanted to share my thoughts with you here. I only...
2014-01-07
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What’s the Best Path to Becoming a DBA?
I received a blog comment from a nice chap recently, concerning a subject that I’m often asked about and I wanted...
2014-01-07
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Why Transaction Log Auto Growths are degrading your performance
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan, where you are getting week by week via email...
2014-01-07
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Answer - Objective Question (Which table is called Heap table in SQL Server)
Question:-
Which table is called Heap table in SQL Server.
1) Table without any indexes
2) Table without any clustered index (Correct...
2014-01-06
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Are CHECKSUMs being performed with a Compressed Backup?
Now, why in the world would I be asking a question like this?
Well, in BOL (BACKUP) is this little blurb:
CHECKSUM
Specifies...
2014-01-06 (first published: 2013-12-30)
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Day 12 – High CPU and Bloat in Distribution
This is the final installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season. Previous articles in this mini-series on quick tidbits: SQL Sat LV announcement...
2014-01-06
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Day 12 – High CPU and Bloat in Distribution
This is the final installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season.
Previous articles in this...
2014-01-06
637 reads
January 2014 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
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It’s the first Monday of 2014. Time for a new year and some resolutions to be a better DBA....
2014-01-06
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #65
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-01-06
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
A Daily Report from Claude
By Steve Jones
Redgate had some Claude training recently, which I went through as my knowledge has...
A New Word: Gnossienne
By Steve Jones
gnossienne– n. the awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private...
Forums
Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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