Azure: SQL Database Elastic Pool and using Elastic Jobs
I want to show you how I went from having multiple single SQL databases in Azure to a database elastic...
2017-04-04
579 reads
All About SQL
SQL Server DBCC CHECKDB
A quick video clip where I show two things. Firstly I show how since SQL Server 2014 SP1+ the snapshot...
2017-04-01
367 reads
Azure – SQL Database Premium RS
A very quick post for today, I was navigating my way through the Azure portal within my SQL databases section...
2017-03-28
989 reads
SQLBits 2017
I have never been to SQLBits (https://sqlbits.com/) before (due to budgets) but I am really looking forward to attending which...
2017-03-27
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Why did my SQL Server database just go offline?
Note: This post contains a video clip where I show quirky behaviour of the scripted offline task. Personally I rarely...
2017-03-24
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My path from a junior to a senior DBA
A non-technical post but something I have been asked about few times so I thought that I would put pen...
2017-03-22
435 reads
TDE: Looking inside your database and backups
TDE (Transparent Data Encryption) encrypts the data files at rest but don’t forget that it also encrypts your backup file...
2017-03-20
318 reads
Corrupt Database – I need that data now!
My database is in the recovery pending state and I want to get in and extract the data out into...
2017-03-15
356 reads
Extreme situations require extreme commands
The title is adapted from a child-hood movie of mine and is my daily (database-related) WTF moment and it is...
2017-03-14
373 reads
My take on presenting
This idea basically started from Andy Bek’s TSQL Tuesday last year #84 growing new speakers (https://sqlbek.wordpress.com/2016/10/25/t-sql-tuesday-84-growing-new-speakers/ – thanks Andy) and I have...
2017-03-10
379 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...
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When SQL Server Central Went Down
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The String Distance I
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How Database Professionals Sent a Million Emails a Day from SQL Server
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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