Moving SSISDB is not as easy as it sounds
We’ve been doing a lot of upgrading recently and at one point had to move an instance from one 2016...
2018-12-10
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Blog Posts
My backup script (where, how, how big, etc.)
A while back I wrote about how to find where your backups are. And I’ve also written about I use...
2018-12-10 (first published: 2018-11-26)
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Privacy and Protection in the Age of the GDPR
We’re seeing more and more GDPR-style laws coming out from various governments. With the GDPR starting to do enforcement at...
2018-12-10
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Setup Ola Hallengren SQL server Maintenance script
Ola Hallengren Maintenance Plan Deployment Many...
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2018-12-10
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SQL Server Adventures In Reducing IO
In the interests of curiosity I’m going to take a query that runs a relatively simple aggregation over a large...
2018-12-10
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SQL Server Essentials for beginners
SQL is the essential part of SQL Administration and SQL Development. A quick overview of basics can take you a...
2018-12-10
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The Mystery of Missing Backup Files
Managing database backups is a critical role of the successful DBA. Understanding what the backup plan is and ensuring backups occur on schedule is not always transparent to the...
2018-12-10
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The Mystery of Missing Backup Files
Yoink – Backups Gone
Not only is this mystery of missing backup files worth discussing now, but has been a mystery worth...
2018-12-10
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SQL Server on Docker
Started working on Docker and contains Install Docker on the system – please make a note that for windows 10 Home...
2018-12-08
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SQL Triggers – An Introduction
This article will give you the detailed knowledge about the SQL Triggers which can be very helpful in your work....
2018-12-08
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Blogs
Install SQL Server 2025 Container on macOS Using OrbStack
My old Dell XPS that I used for personal stuff started to degrade; well,...
Flyway Tips: Immediate Code Review for Developers
By Steve Jones
At the Redgate Summits this year, we’ve highlighted a few things in the Flyway...
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...
Forums
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...
Forward Deployed Engineers
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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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