SQL Server Agent Jobs are one of the core features of SQL Server. Agent Jobs perform many actions, from maintenance tasks (server and database), data movement flows, replication, log...
2020-09-09 (first published: 2020-09-01)
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Did you know it is possible for SQL Server Agent to alert you of problems if something goes haywire with your Agent? Have you ever had an issue with...
2020-09-02 (first published: 2020-08-25)
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Deja Vu, back in March I saw a Tweet about the beta Microsoft Certification Exam DP-300. I work with Azure and Databases, so I thought to myself why not...
2020-09-04 (first published: 2020-08-20)
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If you are like me, you inherited variously configured SQL Servers when you took over as the DBA for your company. After almost two years, I have gotten all...
2020-08-31 (first published: 2020-08-18)
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Recently, I was alerted to a network file share that was running low on disk space. This interesting as there was only one process that used this particular location...
2020-08-11
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Do you run SQL Agent Jobs in your environment? Do you know what is running at any given time? Most people do not know what is currently running if...
2020-08-13 (first published: 2020-08-04)
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Back in March I saw a Tweet about the beta Microsoft Certification Exam AZ-104 program was looking for 300 candidates to take the exam by May 31st. Since moving...
2020-07-28
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Recently I have been able to work with our development teams to not create new databases. There are several reasons for me making this request of the teams. The...
2020-07-21
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Are you a Microsoft SQL Server DBA managing one or more servers? Then you should know about the First Responder Kit from Brent Ozar Unlimited. This is a free...
2020-07-14
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My first go at smokin’ a brisket is documented below. It is summertime and we are stuck at home in isolation, might as well find a new hobby. I...
2020-07-09
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By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have approached data management with the same mindset as someone stuffing...
Truncate Table Pitfalls Truncating a table can be gloriously fast—and spectacularly dangerous when used carelessly....
You can find all the session materials for the presentation “Indexing for Dummies” that...
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Hi, our peer who owns a remote mysql server from which we extract warehouse...
What is returned as a result set when I run this command without a new seed value?
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