Symbols
I just want to write the setup I went through for using debug symbols within SQL Server to resolve call...
2016-04-20
224 reads
All About SQL
Community work
I have been really busy lately with articles, podcasts and so forth. Lately I have been working on 2 public...
2016-04-16
144 reads
SQL Bite-Size Podcasts are live!
Well, after many late nights I have finally produced a set of podcasts – Bite size style – therefore called SQL Bite...
2016-03-27
276 reads
SQL Server Podcasts
Great news, I have decided to do some podcasts on the fundamentals of SQL Server, my aim is to help...
2016-03-23
388 reads
SQL Server articles
Between attending SQL SKILLS immersion events, trying out for the PFE role at Microsoft I have managed to write some...
2016-03-16
182 reads
An Extended Event script
I have been enjoying XE alot recently ( from following SQLSKILLS) so I decided to write something that I used recently...
2015-05-22
149 reads
Carving up CHECKDB
This is a technique that I am using from Paul Randal – concept of splitting CHECKDB: CHECKALLOC, CHECKCATALOG and CHECKTABLE – here...
2015-05-16
175 reads
Welcome to BlobEater
I am an IT Professional from the UK with a huge interest in MS technology especially SQL Server and Azure. During...
2015-03-25
303 reads
A Handy function
If you like learning about internals use the undocumented function to get the FileID:PageID of your table rows and use...
2015-03-03
167 reads
Timed SQL Server tracing
Have you ever wanted to start a SQL trace (server-side trace!) from SQL agent and let it stop after X minutes...
2015-02-07
245 reads
Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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Database Ledger in SQL Server 2022
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Question of the Day
Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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