Identifying delays between SQL calls using SQL profiler
One of the common goto methods for query specific slowness which can be replicated via an application can be to...
2018-11-05 (first published: 2018-10-24)
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Blog Posts
SQL work-vacation, Monday (#Workation #PASSSummit)
Hello again! Sunday, I wrote that we’re here in Seattle for the PASS Summit, and that it’s my tenth year. AND that...
2018-11-05
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What Is Happening, Right Now, At the PASS Summit?
Honestly, that’s a very hard question to answer. I mean, first of all, you can look at the schedule. There...
2018-11-05
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Last week reading (2018-11-04)
Good morning folks! I wish you very good week at work, at home or wherever you are/will be. Last week...
2018-11-04
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PASS Summit: Planting Seeds of Knowledge
On the eve of this year’s PASS Summit, I find myself reflecting on my first Summit in 2012. My employer was generous enough to pay for not only Summit...
2018-11-04
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SQL work-vacation, T-2 days (#Workation #PASSSummit)
We are at PASS Summit 2018 in Seattle, and I will write a bit about each day I'm here, just...
2018-11-04
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SMO "leaks" SQL login passwords (in memory) and (some) SecureStrings in clear-text
Updated 2018-11-04: Expanded test code, renamed the
title of the post so it's clearer.
SMO (SQL Server Management Objects) are the .NET...
2018-11-03
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DBCC CLONEDATABASE issue: Duplicate key row in sys.sysschobjs
I ran into this error recently while trying to clone a production database:
Msg 2601, Level 14, State 1, LineNumber
Cannot insert duplicate...
2018-11-02 (first published: 2018-10-24)
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How I Work: Data Professionals at Work
It has been a busy year so far. Last March, I did a review, as a Technical Reviewer, for a...
2018-11-02
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PASS Summit 2019 or Microsoft Ignite 2019?
It turns out that the 2019 Summit and Ignite will be held the same week in 2019, see this post...
2018-11-02 (first published: 2018-10-23)
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Problem Isn't Always Your...
Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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