Connect To SQL Server – Back to Basics
The first critical task any data professional should ever learn how to do is how to connect to SQL Server. Without a connection to SQL Server, there is barely...
2019-03-27
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Blog Posts
Finding “Orphaned” database files – script
When you drop a database from a SQL Server instance the underlying files are usually removed. This doesn’t happen however if you set the database to be offline first,...
2019-03-27
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Microsoft Azure – How to enable Azure AD Multifactor Authentication using Azure Portal
In this article, we will learn how to enable the Azure AD multi-factor Authentication via Azure Portal. In previous article, we learnt how to set up Azure AD and...
2019-03-27
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New Improved Azure Elastic Jobs
There is a new way to setup Azure elastic jobs to run against a target group of databases (targeting an elastic pool). I actually found the process quite messy...
2019-03-27
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Querying temp tables across a linked server.
And if you are still reading you probably fit into one of the following categories.
Not a DBAA relatively new DBALike...
2019-03-27 (first published: 2019-03-14)
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SQL in the City Summits coming this spring
The SQL in the City Summits are back for 2019, and we’ve got more scheduled than every before. You can see the complete list on our event page, and...
2019-03-27
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SQL Server on Linux – feature change in Pacemaker 1.1.18
Heads up for SQL Server on Linux folks using availability groups and Pacemaker. Pacemaker 1.1.18 has been out for a while now, but it’s worth mentioning that there was...
2019-03-27
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Capture/Replay a Sample Workload on the Distributed Replay Utility
Part I: Capture a Workload Make a backup of the database(s) in question, as it will be necessary for the replay. Using the TSQL Replay template, fire up Profiler...
2019-03-26
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Joining on NULLs
Watch this week's video on YouTube
It's important to be aware of columns that allow NULL values since SQL Server may handle NULLs differently than you might expect.
Today I want...
2019-03-26
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Joining on NULLs
Watch this week's video on YouTube
It's important to be aware of columns that allow NULL values since SQL Server may handle NULLs differently than you might expect.
Today I want...
2019-03-26
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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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Checking the Error Log I
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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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