Daily Coping 20 Apr 2021
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...
2021-04-20
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Blog Posts
How does the buffer pool handle low memory conditions?
(Thanks to Erik Darling for reviewing this post. Check out his training materials.) One of the bigger clichés in the data professional vocabulary (behind “it depends”) is that you...
2021-04-20 (first published: 2021-02-17)
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Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure: DP 300 study guide
I am excited to share an important milestone in my life. My third book, “Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft SQL“, is released. Co-authored with Ahmad Yaseen and Rajendra Gupta,...
2021-04-19 (first published: 2021-03-09)
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Create a Polling Loop in PowerShell
This is one way to create a polling loop in PowerShell. I’m sure there are several options, but this one works well for the use case. Backstory I needed...
2021-04-19 (first published: 2021-02-16)
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Daily Coping 19 Apr 2021
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...
2021-04-19
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Introducing a new design for the WordPress apps
The WordPress mobile apps are the best way to manage your site from anywhere. If you’re already using the app, you might have noticed a new visual design that’s...
2021-04-19
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2020 Advent of Code – Day 4
This series looks at the Advent of Code challenges. As one of my goals, I’m working through challenges. This post looks at day 4. Part 1 This is an...
2021-04-16
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Daily Coping 16 Apr 2021
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...
2021-04-16
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Error creating Azure SQL Database
A quick post today, quite simply, the error message is: “code”: “ConflictingDatabaseOperation”, “message”: “Operation on server x and database y is in progress. Please wait a few minutes before trying again.” What is going on here? Well for this example (and maybe yours) I created a database...
2021-04-16 (first published: 2021-04-09)
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Everyone Run a SQL Saturday in 2021
With SQL Saturdays being rebooted, and the SQLSaturday.com website live, it’s time for events. I am reaching out to some people that have run events in the past, but...
2021-04-16 (first published: 2021-04-12)
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Blogs
Houston AI-Lytics 2026–Powerpoint Slides
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my session on running a Local LLM. If you...
The Book of Redgate: Do the Right Things
By Steve Jones
I do believe that Redgate has been very customer focused since it’s inception. I’ve...
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Forums
Warning: Could not open global shared memory to communicate with performance DLL
Hi everyone I am getting below warning when I run SSIS: Warning: 0x80049304 at...
Let's Talk Community Events!
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that one limitation in replication
Hi as shown below a replication target requires a primary key. if we want...
Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks
By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?
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