Checking the Instance Fill Factor

I was reading a post from Paul Randal recently and noted that he recommends not changing the instance’s default fill...

Heap might take more space than clustered Index when inserting row

Sometimes when you insert row on heap, even if the page has enough free space, the new row can not...

List of Disks and Free Space

Recently I have been supporting our move from TFS from 2010 to TFS 2012. The database instances is stored on a server that I do not have log on...

MDS: The Microsoft SQL Server license has expired

When installing Master Data Services (MDS) in SQL Server 2012 or installing SQL Server 2012 sp1 (and possibly a CU),...

MSSQLFUN – Year 2012 Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:
600 people reached the top of...

SQL Saturday #194 Exeter

I have read much about SQL Saturday’s but I have yet to attend one, that is about to change. I...

SQLBits XI: Need Your Vote

SQLBits XI: Need Your Vote
SQL Bits XI
SQLBits XI is in Nottingham, U.K., May 2 – 4, 2013, and I am attending....

The Great Blog Move of 2013

For at least a year, I’ve been considering changing blog platforms.  I set up my blog on TimMitchell.net using BlogEngine.NET...

Vote for my SQL Bits sessions

“Rob? Tsk tsk tsk. That’s a naughty word. We never rob. We just sort of borrow a bit from those...

Day 2 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Protection From Restoring a Backup of a Contained Database

Day 2 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Protection From Restoring a Backup of a Contained Database
31 Days of Disaster...