How to Change Always On availability group mode
This topic describes how to change the availability mode of an availability replica in an Always On availability group in SQL Server by usin
2022-01-17
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Blog Posts
Learn some critical SQL Security with the MidnightDBAs (Thursday, Jan 20)
Friends, the MidnightDBAs have a plan for 2022. A capital-P Plan. And it involves writing and teaching a lot. The […]
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2022-01-17
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Looking at Activity Queue Times from Azure Data Factory with Log Analytics
I’ve been working on a project to populate an Operational Data Store using Azure Data Factory (ADF). We have been seeking to tune our pipelines so we can import...
2022-01-17 (first published: 2022-01-06)
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The SQL NULLIF function
NULLIF is a SQL function that is used to compare two columns. Use NULLIF to compare two columns and return NULL if they are equal to each ot
2022-01-17
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Troubleshoot SQL Server Backup Error Msg 3132, Level 16
This blog troubleshoots SQL Server Error Msg 3132, Level 16, State 1 while backing up SQL Database.
2022-01-17
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Troubleshoot SQL Server Backup Error Msg 3231, Level 16, State 1
When you are experiencing SQL Server Error Msg 3231, Level 16, State 1 while backing up SQL Database, it is important to troubleshoot the er
2022-01-17
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Troubleshoot SQL Server Error for backups–: Msg 3136, Level 16
Is it possible to use COPY_ONLY backup for restoring differential backups? No, if you try to do so, SQL Server raises error Msg 3136, Level
2022-01-17
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Azure Data Explorer – Using KQL Magic inside Azure Data Studio
One of my previous blogs looked at using the free resources that Microsoft provides to link to an Azure Data Explorer Cluster and start using Kusto Query Language. In...
2022-01-14
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Daily Coping 14 Jan 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-01-14
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Getting Started with KQL
I saw an episode of Data Exposed with my good friend, Hamish Watson. He talked about KQL (Kusto Query Language) being the next query language you need to learn....
2022-01-14 (first published: 2022-01-03)
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Blogs
On Speaking Well
By Brian Kelley
Professor Patrick Winston of MIT used to give a one-hour talk about how to...
Monday Monitor Tips: Oracle Custom Metrics
By Steve Jones
One of the popular features of Redgate Monitor has been the ability to add...
Walking Through a Planned Failover: SQL Server Always On Availability Groups on Kubernetes
When building the sql-on-k8s-operator, I wanted to make sure it could handle both planned...
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Are Akashic Records Course Fees Worth It? IIVS Review & Opinions
I’ve been exploring different platforms to learn about spirituality in a more structured way,...
Troubleshooting WQL in custom PBM conditions?
Hi, I'm currently trying to implement policy based mgmt with a condition to query...
Analysis of Locking Issues on Secondary Replicas in AlwaysOn Availability Groups
We have an AlwaysOn architecture with four replicas: two running in synchronous commit mode...
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The Vector Data Type
What is the vector data type in SQL Server?
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