Synonyms in SQL Server – Good and Bad
How you use a synonym can be a huge asset or it can be a significant dampener to performance. There are benefits and uses for these nifty little things....
2018-12-14
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Blog Posts
Synonyms in SQL Server – Good and Bad
When SQL Server 2005 was released, a nifty little feature was included called synonyms. Despite being around since SQL Server...
2018-12-14
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The Year in Review Webinar–Dec 18
Join me for our Year in Review Webinar next week, Dec 18, at 4pm GMT. I’ll be joining Kendra and...
2018-12-14
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Things I Learned at Summit v20 - Trace Flag 4199
Part of a series of posts on cool stuff I learned at PASS Summit v20 (2018) - in this first post...
2018-12-14 (first published: 2018-11-29)
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Change Tracking Inserts Require SELECT Permission
I’ve been writing about change tracking in SQL Server for some time now, but I recently came across a permissions...
2018-12-13
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Difference Between Restore with Recovery & Restore with Norecovery
Every tech-conscious person is familiar with restoration process in the world of computing. This process is usually followed by the...
2018-12-13
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Difference Between Restore with Recovery & Restore with Norecovery
Every tech-conscious person is familiar with restoration process in the world of computing. This process is usually followed by the process of backup. In case of SQL Server, restoration...
2018-12-13
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Maintenance Plan Owner – Back to Basics
We all inherit things from time to time through our profession. Sometimes we inherit some good things, sometimes we inherit...
2018-12-13
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Maintenance Plan Owner – Back to Basics
Have you ever taken over a server that had several maintenance plans on it? Have you ever really checked who the owner of those plans is? Or, maybe you...
2018-12-13
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Naming Convention Hall of Shame
Call me pedantic, but I can be a stickler for standardized naming conventions. Whether it’s application code, database objects, documentation,...
2018-12-13
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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Impact of Single-Threaded PVS Cleanup on ADR in SQL Server 2019
We want to enable ADR on our SQL Server 2019 instances. I’ve heard that...
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TRY_PARSE vs TRY_CONVERT in SQL Server: From Basics to Practical Usage
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Question of the Day
DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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