17 months of podcasting – recap
Before I publish the next episode of “Ask SQL Family” podcast, I would like to stop and look back for...
2019-01-23
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Blog Posts
All Day, Training Day at SQLBits
It’s a somewhat late addition, but I have an all-day Training Day at SQLBits. It takes place on Thursday, February...
2019-01-23
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Azure SQL Database and Transaction Log
Checking out the transaction log in Azure SQL Database. If you are curious like me, you will want to know...
2019-01-23
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DevOps and Automation Will Eliminate the DBA
I’ve been reading about the death of the DBA ever since I first made the jump from full time developer...
2019-01-23 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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Dodging Deadlocks With Indexes
A lot of people don’t realise that some deadlocks can be removed entirely with the introduction of a new index....
2019-01-23 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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Don’t Forget To Take Break
So many times we get sucked into a rabbit whole when fixing/troubleshooting things we forget to take a break. More often than not this leads to the “not seeing...
2019-01-23
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Don’t Forget To Take Break
So many times we get sucked into a rabbit whole when fixing/troubleshooting things we forget to take a break. More...
2019-01-23
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How does the buffer pool work?
Today we’ll begin taking a look at the buffer pool in SQL Server and how it’s normally used. Before we...
2019-01-23
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State vs Migration for Database Source Control – decide based on one question
One controversial topic in database development is how to properly store and deploy database changes. This is generally described as choosing between two options, which are approximately as easy...
2019-01-23
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Steps to Recover Deleted Records from SQL Server Database Tables
In case you forgot to take backup of current database in SQL Server and deleted few records from SQL Server...
2019-01-23
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Blogs
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
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...
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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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