Determine Index Fragmentation in a SQL Server Database
Index fragmentation can adversely affect query response time. When accessing data through an index, SQL Server must read each page...
2012-06-18
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Blog Posts
Exceptional DBA Awards 2012
Reprinted from my editorial in the Simple-Talk Newsletter.
It’s hard to believe, but it was five years ago that Red Gate Software...
2012-06-18 (first published: 2012-06-11)
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Failover consederations on Database Mirroring
These topics will give you the brief idea of what happens behind the scenes during failover occurs in Database mirroring....
2012-06-18
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File Extensions for SQL Server Database Files
I was reading an article over the weekend where the author pointed out that the standard naming convention for SQL...
2012-06-18
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Holiday
Sort of.
I’m off for a week to Camp Alexander near Pikes Peak for Boy Scout summer camp. My 13year old...
2012-06-18
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Login failed for [SQLSTATE 28000] (Error 18456) the step failed
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When you query the data from another SQL server (Linked server)...
2012-06-18
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MAXDOP and Cost Threshold for Parallelism – an example for a parallel query
The most popular post on this blog ranked by hits is one about the CXACKET wait stat. There are no...
2012-06-18
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Monday Morning Mistakes: Connecting to Wrong Environments
Today’s Monday Morning Mistake issue is another painfully common one that we all run into at some point. You’ve got...
2012-06-18
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Simply NomCom
So there seems to be some confusion as to what the NomCom’s job is. I have to admit I was...
2012-06-18
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SQL Server : Moving System, resource and User Databases to New SAN disk
In my earlier post I have explained the steps that we have followed to move the MSDTC and Quorum drive...
2012-06-18 (first published: 2012-06-12)
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Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Forums
The New World Of AI Robots
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The New World Of AI...
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
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BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
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