The Case of the NULL Query_Plan
As a DBA, we're often asked to troubleshoot performance issues for stored procedures. One of the most common tools at...
2013-09-06 (first published: 2013-09-03)
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Blog Posts
A Better Braindump (#mcm #mcmstudy)
I’m studying my butt off for the soon-to-be-deprecated Microsoft Certified Master cert’s lab – and the three unfinished prerequisite certs I’ve...
2013-09-05
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A T-SQL query to get current job activity
I recently had the task of collecting job activity for the purposes of turning it into a report for some...
2013-09-05
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Actual Emails: TL;DR: Stop using varchar(max)
Wrote this email recently to a crew of developers who were shooting themselves in the foot with a database rich...
2013-09-05 (first published: 2013-09-03)
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Free Tools For The DBA
In this post we will look at 5 free tools that I use on a daily basis, I'll give a...
2013-09-05
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Introduction to Integrity: Corruption in Allocation Pages
Welcome back for day two of this six part series Introduction to Integrity, sponsored by Idera. In this post, I...
2013-09-05
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Is Microsoft attempting to "de-skill" IT Pros in its attempt to increase its Cloud business?
When I first heard of the MCM program termination discontent, I reacted by sympathizing with my fellow Database Professionals but...
2013-09-05
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Job: SQL Server DBA (Permanent UK)
A client of mine are looking for a good SQL Server DBA on a permanent basis, the location is flexible...
2013-09-05
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Log Backup Failing–A Simple Mistake
Last week I was checking on some stuff and noticed that a couple databases were in simple mode – unusual, but...
2013-09-05
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Not so good news for MCM Aspirants
Few days back, late Friday (30th August 2013) MS has made an announcement – that they are cancelling the MCM Certification,...
2013-09-05
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Blogs
The 2026 Redgate Summit in New York City
By Steve Jones
We’re coming back to New York, which is exciting for me. I love NYC....
Monitoring Fabric Mirroring for SQL 2025
I previously wrote about how the underlying technology for Fabric mirroring changed with SQL...
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
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Doing the Little Things
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Question of the Day
Historical Data Tracking
If I want to track historical data values, which mechanism should I use?
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