2020-05-07T22:54:34+00:00
Kept getting an error Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'read' when running the some updated PowerShell 7 in lambda with the dotnet3.1 sdk. Was troubleshooting loading types thinking I...
2020-05-07
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Blog Posts
A Deep Dive on Clustered Index
This article will follow a practical approach to choose the right candidate for clustered index. It'll investigate through the best practices recommended for clustered index, with the help of...
2020-05-07 (first published: 2020-04-27)
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Daily Coping 7 May 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-05-07
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SSIS Azure Blob Source Text Qualifier Issue
The issue When migrating the solution I’m currently working on to Azure eight months ago I was initially looking at transferring the SSIS packages that performed the ETL. We...
2020-05-07 (first published: 2020-04-27)
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Could not obtain information about Windows NT group/user
This is an interesting error that you’ll occasionally get when accessing an AD/Windows ID. Msg 15404, Level 16, State 11, ... Continue reading
2020-05-06
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Daily Coping 6 May 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-05-06
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Is there an easy way to tell what pricing tier my Azure SQL DB/DW is using T-SQL?
I ran into an interesting problem today. I needed to find out the pricing tier of an Azure SQL DB ... Continue reading
2020-05-06 (first published: 2020-04-22)
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Negative identity values don’t suck
A quick(er) post this week, in response to Greg Low’s blog post from a few weeks ago titled “Don’t start identity columns or sequences with large negative values.” Greg...
2020-05-06
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Speaking at GroupBy Conference – Spring 2020
I’m excited to announce I’ll be speaking at the virtual GroupBy conference this year. Thanks everyone who voted! I’ll be speaking at the European day on May 12th at...
2020-05-06
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SQL Server Architecture – Network Protocols, Database, Storage & Relation Engine, SQLOS
SQL Server Architecture SQL Server is Microsoft RDMS that works on a client-server architecture. Here, End-user sends a request and SQL Server accepts, process, and share the result with...
2020-05-06
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Blogs
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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SQL Server Still Wins
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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