Enable a Named Instance to Connect on 1433
My default setup for a few years is to only use named instances, usually with a standard SQL2014 or SQL 2016 as the name of the instance. Recently, I...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2019-04-22)
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Blog Posts
Exporting Extended Events Session Data to a Table
If you’re a long time Profiler user like me then you probably often take the option of saving (or loading)...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2018-08-08)
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Extended Events Made Easy – Sorting, Grouping and Aggregation
When I’m using Profiler to analyse performance issues I often save the results to a table, or upload a trace...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2018-10-16)
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Extended Events Made Easy: Using XEvent Profiler
In this post we’ll look at how quick and easy it is to use the XEvent Profiler to create an...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2018-09-25)
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How Secure is Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) – and How to Prevent Hacking
TDE is commonly described as “at-rest” encryption, i.e. it protects your data wherever it is stored on disk. This includes...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2018-01-03)
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Implementing Temporal Tables Where You Have Existing Data
In my post about auditing tools in SQL Server I mentioned a few tools we have at our disposal for...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-10-24)
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MAXDOP, Parallelism and the Cloud
Parallelism and MAXDOP The pros and cons of parallelism have always been with us in SQL Server and I blogged about this a couple of years ago. This is...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2019-04-03)
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Measuring SQL Query Performance
When running workshops on the subject of SQL Query Performance the first question I always ask is how do we measure...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-05-24)
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Overview of Encryption Tools in SQL Server
More and more people are considering some level of encryption against their data stored in SQL Server. In many cases...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-12-05)
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RDS encryption vs TDE
If you’re starting to use cloud services, the number of options available can be confusing. Particularly when they may seem...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2018-04-17)
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Blogs
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
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Five Intelligent Query Processing Features in SQL Server 2022 That Quietly Tune Your Workload
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Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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