I see no SQL Server 2008 Counters in Perfmon?
This problem is a real pain and I’m yet to determine why this issue occurs because my understanding is SQL...
2012-02-21
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Basit's SQL Server Tips
Essential Trace Flags for Recovery & Debugging
The following trace flags are essential for a variety of recovery scenarios. The use of trace flags allow the DBA...
2012-02-20
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How can I configure SQL Server to listen on multiple TCP/IP ports?
Run the SQL Server Configuration Manager, expand SQL Server Network Configuration and select the protocols for appropriate instance. Double click...
2012-02-18
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Tools to Monitor Performance of SQL Server
To gather statistical information on how a server is performing requires, you need to use operating system tools to gather...
2012-02-16
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A Guide for Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
Check out my article on SQLServerCentral.com in which I discussed SQL Server 2008 R2 installation setup which you can use to install...
2012-02-14
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Why you may or may not consider using Database Snapshots!
Microsoft introduced database snapshots with SQL Server 2005. A database snapshot is a static, read-only copy of a source database...
2011-12-17
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Configuring and monitoring transactional replication between two SQL Server 2005 instances…
Replication often plays an important part in your database management strategy. An organization may use database replication for load balancing,...
2011-12-17
2,256 reads
Get drive & mount points space information in SQL Server 2005 by using CLR Stored Procedure?
As we know xp_fixeddrives can only be use to retrieve normal fixed drives space information. It cannot be used to retrieve information...
2011-12-16
2,035 reads
My first blog post!
I’ve started my own SQL blog. Hopefully I’ll write some interesting SQL blog posts here soon.
2011-12-16
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Blogs
My first year on full disability, wow!
By DataOnWheels
What a year … At the end of May 2024, I went on full...
Getting References for GenAI Results
By Steve Jones
I wrote an editorial on the view of GenAI tech from execs and someone...
SQL Server 2025 Is Here – AI Just Changed Everything!
By Rohit Garg
Top 10 Features of SQL Server 2025 #SQLServer2025 #MicrosoftSQL #DatabaseUpdates #SQLAI #SQLFeatures #SQLServerCopilot #VectorSearch...
Forums
High Availability Reversed - Force secondary unless failure
Hi I have sql2022 in H/A with a primary and a secondary server. My...
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Calculating Month End
I want to calculate the end of the previous month as a date that I can use in running a report. What is the best way to do this in SQL Server 2022, assuming I have a date stored in @d?
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