Detail Job History – Back to Basics

With this script, I have the ability to quick show which step is failing, what the command is for that step, what kind of process is running on that...

Find clustered index on non primary key columns

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By default when a primary key constrained is created on a table/view,  SQL Server automatically creates a unique clustered in order to enforce it.  And...

It’s interesting how an OR short circuits.

I recently did a post on the case expression short circuting and received a very very interesting comment from Chad ... Continue reading

Simulating Load

I needed to generate some load for a demo and wasn’t looking forward to doing it. I was in a hurry, and didn’t want to deal with a lot...

Leadership Part 2: Talent acquisition and Employee Retention

The two most costly human capital expenses an organization will have is the onboarding and offboarding of staff. Just take a moment to think about that and if your...

Query machine name of the sql server instance - the hard or the harder way

I was at a client where they are using non-Microsoft clustering technology to achieve the high availability of SQL Server instances....

SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 is end of life on 9 July 2019

Next month, Microsoft is ending five years of extended support on SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2. This follows five years of mainstream support before that. You...

Database File Changes

Data professionals around the globe are frequently finding themselves occupied with figuring out why and when a file (data or log) for a database has changed in size. Whether...

From Evangelist to Advocate

It’s time for a little bit of change to occur. I am no longer a Product Evangelist for Redgate Software. No, they haven’t fired me and I haven’t quit....

Joker’s Wild

This past weekend I had a blast presenting Joker’s Wild with Erin Stellato (blog|twitter), Andy Mallon (blog|twitter), and Drew Furgiuele (blog|twitter). Watch it here! Table of contents: What is...