I’ll be speaking at SQL Server Virtual Conference from C# Corner
I’ll be speaking at the SQL Server Virtual Conference from C# Corner, Friday Jan 29, 2021, with my friend Julie Koesmarno ( b | t ). I’ll be showing...
2021-01-27
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Blog Posts
Identifying SQL Server Performance Problems Part 1
Every server, database, storage appliance and network encounter some sort of performance issues. It is a major part of our job as database administrators to properly monitor and fix...
2021-01-27
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Identifying SQL Server Performance Problems Part 1
Every server, database, storage appliance and network encounter some sort of performance issues. It is a major part of our job as database administrators to properly monitor and fix...
2021-01-27
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Storage Tiers What SQL Server DBAs Need to Know
“One Gerbil, Two Gerbils or Three Gerbils?” is a common DBA joke about server and storage performance. No matter how many gerbils power your storage, you need to know...
2021-01-27 (first published: 2021-01-19)
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T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #009: Beach Time
(If you’d like to read my other T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective posts, click here.) In August 2010, Jason Brimhall (blog | Twitter) invited us to discuss preparing for vacations: “Write...
2021-01-27
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What is the CONTROL permission?
One of the most powerful permissions available in SQL Server is control. But what exactly is it? Per BOL: CONTROL: ... Continue reading
2021-01-27 (first published: 2021-01-19)
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Daily Coping 26 Jan 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...
2021-01-26
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Logical crossroads in Azure Data Factory (IF and Filter operations)
(2021-Jan-19) I was raised listening and reading fairy tales where the main character would reach a crossroad with a large stone that had some directions written on it – turn...
2021-01-26 (first published: 2021-01-19)
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Power BI: Making Date & Time Keys
Saving the Day from Delay Part 2 Creating DateKey and TimeKey columns can be done with built in functions in the Power Query editor. Quick call out, if you...
2021-01-26 (first published: 2021-01-18)
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Daily Coping 25 Jan 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...
2021-01-25
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Blogs
Why Databases Still Fascinate Me
By Chris Yates
I get asked a lot about why or how I began working with databases...
Monday Monitor Tips: ServiceNow Integration
By Steve Jones
Earlier this year I visited a customer that was using the Redgate Monitor webhook...
Inspecting TSQL Abstract Syntax Trees
By Zikato
TSQL ScriptDOM is a useful library for parsing scripts into an abstract syntax tree....
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SQL Server 2025 Unveiled: The AI-Ready Enterprise Database with Microsoft Fabric Integration
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Do You Really Need HA?
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Question of the Day
The New Database CheckDB
I run this code:
create database experiment
go
use Experiment
go
select DATABASEPROPERTYEX('Experiment', 'LastGoodCheckDbTime')
What is returned? See possible answers