SQL Server – Blocking a Truncate
The truncate option is fast and efficient but did you know that it takes a certain lock where you could...
2018-07-31
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All About SQL
PsPing your Azure SQL Server
PsPing tool is part of the sysinternals PsTools download found – ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psping) This is the tool of choice when wanting to...
2018-07-23
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SQL Agent for Azure SQL Database? Not quite
The following post shows my preferred way to automate / schedule some code against my Azure SQL Database. No it is...
2018-07-16 (first published: 2018-07-09)
2,394 reads
Azure SQL Elastic Pools – Moving Databases
If you read official Microsoft documentation about naming conventions for your SQL elastic pools, it is hard to find any...
2018-07-09 (first published: 2018-07-02)
1,950 reads
SQL Server 2017 – SELECT INTO [A SPECIFIC FILEGROUP]
Forget about Adaptive Query Processing for a minute, what other feature have I been waiting for? SELECT INTO a specific...
2018-06-19
578 reads
Azure SQL DB – Login failed for user NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON.
Now that I have your attention with a powerful title how about some context? It is quite common to get...
2018-06-26 (first published: 2018-06-15)
2,301 reads
Azure SQL Database – Stairway Series
Hello all – I am excited to announce that I will be doing a Stairway series on Azure SQL Database hosted...
2018-06-13
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Linked Server to Azure SQL Database
You may (or may not) have a requirement to setup a linked server to Azure SQL Database from a locally...
2018-06-13 (first published: 2018-06-05)
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Azure SQL Database – The Default Isolation Is?
So what is the default isolation level for Azure SQL Database? I ran the following code to check it out....
2018-05-30
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Azure SQL Database / SQL Server – Paused Index Rebuild
I was creating some demo non-clustered indexes in one of my Azure SQL Databases and received the following warning when...
2018-05-30 (first published: 2018-05-22)
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers