WinDbg and SQL Server Fun
I have a SQL Server that is constantly producing “dump” files (with a MDMP File type), these are named SQLDumpxxxx...
2017-06-14
617 reads
All About SQL
How/Why/What is DevOps?
Thanks to Grant for hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday found (http://www.scarydba.com/2017/06/06/t-sql-tuesday-091-databases-devops/) where it is a chance to share our DevOps...
2017-06-13
554 reads
Unable To Call Into C Compiler !?
Following on from my previous blog post I mentioned that I had to find a solution to the “unable to...
2017-06-07
430 reads
SQL Server – Service Terminated
I had a messy (another one) day, last thing I wanted was a “broken” SQL Server instance where I was...
2017-06-05
398 reads
SQL Server Memory Metrics
A very quick post for today, recently I have been working on some code to gather metrics around SQL Server...
2017-06-02
462 reads
Azure Robots – Index Performance Recommendation
They are watching me and my Azure SQL Database and recently I noticed a low impact performance recommendation was made....
2017-06-01
438 reads
Find when your SQL Server database grew
A quick post that is hopefully useful, I wanted a quick way to find the time, size of the database...
2017-05-25
325 reads
AD Authentication and Azure SQL Database
Setting up AD authentication with Azure SQL Database sounds simple, it is assuming you plan carefully. I did run into...
2017-05-22
410 reads
Setting SQL Server Max Memory Dangerously Low
Hopefully you know the relevance and importance of setting a correct value for max memory on your SQL Server. By...
2017-05-18
418 reads
Creating Azure Database for MySQL and using Azure Cloud Shell
After using Microsoft SQL Server for over 10 years going back to MySQL feels weird BUT with Azure it is...
2017-05-15
388 reads
Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers