Daily Coping 20 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...
2022-01-20
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Blog Posts
How to tell if Change Data Capture (CDC) is working as expected
I’m not sure how many of you use Change Data Capture (CDC) on your instances, but I’ve had to support it for a while now and I thought I’d...
2022-01-20
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A new chapter begins
In 2012 when I originally founded Born SQL, I never imagined I would find myself a five-time recipient of the Microsoft Data Platform MVP award, let alone be offered...
2022-01-19
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Azure DB for MySQL – Single server vs Flexible
When you start the build process for MySQL you will be shown the below screen, the question is what option would you select? It really does depend; I don’t...
2022-01-19
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Creating a new User-Defined Data Type–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I ran across a question on user-defined data...
2022-01-19
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Daily Coping 19 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...
2022-01-19
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Finding the First Day of the Year–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. While working on the question from Monday, I...
2022-01-19 (first published: 2022-01-05)
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T-SQL Query to find Orphan data and log files of SQL Databases
Are you a DBA? Then you'll love this free T-SQL script. This script helps you find orphaned data and log files of SQL Databases.
2022-01-19
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T-SQL Query to find Supported Compatibility Level Values in SQL Server
The question came up on the forum - how do I find all the possible values for a specific compatibility_level in SQL Server? Let's check .
2022-01-19
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What permissions are required for temporary tables?
Managing permissions is a constant issue for Database Administrators, but rarely do DBAs consider permissions for tempdb. Everybody’s looking for something, but how often do you get requests for...
2022-01-19 (first published: 2022-01-06)
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Blogs
Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget
It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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