Journaling
Most of the work I’ve done for the past couple years doesn’t require taking much in the way of notes....
2018-12-28 (first published: 2018-12-04)
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Blog Posts
Shrinking Tempdb in SQL Server won’t work?
Problem statement When I was working DML operation on the database, It is noted that the tempdb has grown significantly...
2018-12-28
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Shrinking Tempdb in SQL Server won’t work?
Problem statement When I was working DML operation on the database, It is noted that the tempdb has grown significantly larger and I didn’t have much space on the...
2018-12-28
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SQL Servers Black Box Recorder – Def Trace
Across many professions and industries there is often a need to have some sort of device that “audits” everything that...
2018-12-28
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SQL Servers Black Box Recorder – Def Trace
Very much like what you may find with the airline industry, the black box recorder in SQL Server is not just a single method (device) implemented to capture all of...
2018-12-28
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Webcast: Data Modeling Scenarios and Best Practices
On January 17, 2019, I will be giving a webcast with MSSQLTips on data modeling best practices. It’s scheduled for...
2018-12-28
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Automation to list all TCP static and dynamic ports of SQL Server instances using PowerShell
I was asked by the reader on how to get all the port information of SQL Servers instances. As you...
2018-12-27
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Basic Sequences–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2018-12-27 (first published: 2018-12-05)
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How to: File Target use in Extended Events
I have been doing a lot of posts of late about extended events but have failed to share some of...
2018-12-27
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How to: File Target use in Extended Events
Using a file target is not difficult from a creation point of view (event session creation). But, some basics are critical or you could end up with fewer follicles.
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2018-12-27
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Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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