Query the status of SQL Agent jobs
I’ve been involved in building a solution on top of SQL Server peer to peer replication (SQL 2014 SP1) and...
2016-03-17 (first published: 2016-03-15)
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Drop down boxes not working in SQL Server 2012 Configuration Manager
After a data centre power outage a decision was made to switch the start up mode of a bunch of...
2015-06-19 (first published: 2015-06-11)
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Behaviour change for delete … output … into in SQL Server 2014
A colleague of mine discovered an interesting behaviour change from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2014. We recently upgraded...
2015-06-02 (first published: 2015-05-21)
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The most recent backup problem
When I first began this blog, back at the beginning of my DBA career, it was purely a place for...
2015-02-03
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Space issues with SSIS temp files
The page came at a reasonable hour. All of the overnight ETL and processing jobs were just winding up before...
2015-01-21 (first published: 2015-01-15)
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Another great reason to enable remote admin connections
I recently came cross another great reason to enable the remote admin connections server configuration on SQL server.
If you don’t...
2014-11-06
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Tracking down CPU spikes using process explorer and DMVs
What is it about 4:45 pm on a Friday afternoon that makes CPUs spike, drives crash, databases corrupt? I wish...
2014-10-21 (first published: 2014-10-15)
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The full text error and why I was happy to see it.
The Situation: I was recently involved in the migration of a group of core databases from three SQL Server 2005 instances to...
2014-10-15 (first published: 2014-10-07)
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Migrating SQL Server logins
Once upon a migration I would use sp_help_revlogin to migrate logins and remap the SQL server logins using sp_change_users_login. During...
2014-05-15 (first published: 2014-05-07)
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Rolling back transactions with cursors and local variables.
I’ve been doing some work on a credit card payment system lately. Obviously this needs to be robust and consistent...
2014-04-10
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Migrate SQL Sever 2012 Database To Server 2014 and Subsequent Versions
Hi Guys, I have an SQL Server 2012 Express database that I would like...
Deploying SQL Server Automatically
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Setting data compression on a database or even server level possible?
I well realize data compression is a subject to a few variables, such as...
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