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
437 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
324 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
387 reads
Blogs
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Forums
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
ROLLUP to calculate Month total for all Categories
Good Afternoon, I have built a table with four columns: Period(Month), Category, Numerator, Denominator....
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers