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Is That Database in Use?

This article demonstrates how to use Extended Events to determine if a database is being used by someone or something.
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Trailing Spaces in SQL Server

Watch this week’s episode on YouTube. A long time ago I built an application that captured user input. One feature of the application was to compare the user’s input...

2019-07-03 (first published: )

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Hyperscale Replicas III

In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?

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