A Little Current Date Arithmetic in Powershell–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I saw a fun post on Twitter recently...
2022-01-12
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 12 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...
2022-01-12
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Identifying Recompile Causes
Strictly speaking, a recompile isn’t really a performance tuning problem. In fact, a lot of time, recompiles are desired because they reflect changes in statistics which are likely to...
2022-01-12 (first published: 2022-01-03)
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Purging a SQL Server Express Database
This is not another IRL post, but rather is more of “Help, my SQL Express database is full!” post. I was contacted by a lawyer that was using a...
2022-01-12 (first published: 2021-12-30)
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SQL Database Error - BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup
SQL Database Error - BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup
2022-01-12
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SQL Server 2019 on Apple Silicon redux: it actually works
Last month I wrote a blog post suggesting that it was not possible to get SQL Server 2019 running on Apple Silicon. I hedged my statement by saying you...
2022-01-12
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Troubleshoot “Database might contain bulk-logged changes that have not been backed up” in SQL Server
Troubleshoot “Database might contain bulk-logged changes that have not been backed up” in SQL Server
2022-01-12
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T-SQL query to check SQL Server min server memory(MB) and max server memory(MB)
T-SQL query to check SQL Server min server memory(MB) and max server memory(MB)
2022-01-12
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#TSQL2sday – Preconceived Notions About Who Is Smart
For this month’s #TSQL2day, Andy Yun asked folks to share about “something you’ve learned, that subsequently changed your opinion/viewpoint/etc. on something.” Now, there are technical subjects I could share...
2022-01-11
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Azure Database for MySQL
SQL Server is not the only database you build and deploy into Azure. Another very popular option is MySQL. Going back many years, this was actually my first database...
2022-01-11
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Blogs
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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