Virtual Log Files
Today’s post is a guest article from a friend of Dallas DBAs, writer, and fantastic DBA Jules Behrens (B|L) One common performance issue that is not well known that...
2020-12-07 (first published: 2020-11-24)
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Dallas DBAs
Renaming SQL Server Databases
Video walkthrough of renaming or “flipping” databases to minimize down time during a refresh. Most commonly when moving a copy from prod to dev. My Pluralsight courses for new...
2020-10-12
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The Ironic DBA—My First Year as a DBA [Part 4]
My Favorite and Recommended Training Resources As I’ve been in intense, focused SQL Server training for the last year, I thought it would be a great time to share...
2020-07-31 (first published: 2020-07-21)
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The Ironic DBA—My First Year as a DBA [Part 3]
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party for the SQL Server community. It is the brainchild of Adam Machanic (b|t) and this month’s edition is hosted by Kerry Tyler...
2020-07-22 (first published: 2020-07-14)
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SQL Server Express Size Limit
My Pluralsight course for new SQL Server DBAs (Needs to upgrade to a bigger bowl) Common scenario: Company is using SQL Server Express to save on licensing costs...
2020-07-02
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The Ironic DBA—My First Year as a DBA [Part 1]
Whoo! It’s been six months since my last post. There are reasons for this, none of which are probably valid, but it’s the way it is. I’ve been a...
2020-07-13 (first published: 2020-06-30)
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TIL: Dismount-DbaDatabase and Mount-DbaDatabase
We have a double feature for today’s dbatools blog post, as these two commands go hand-in-hand. Todays commands: Dismount-DbaDatabase and Mount-DbaDatabase Detach-DbaDatabase and Attach-DbaDatabase can be used as aliases....
2020-07-01 (first published: 2020-06-24)
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Data Bits – Episode 9 – David Klee
SQL Server, Virtualization and Storage expert David Klee (b|t)stops by to tell stories ?? Fun stuff: “English and Gibberish” “Learn it like you’re going to teach it” “Kevin Kline...
2020-06-16
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TIL: Get-DbaErrorLog
Ed: SQLDork is a Junior DBA on the team here, learning the DBATools in addition to normal DBA stuff™ Today’s dbatools command is Get-DbaErrorLog, which is very similar to...
2020-05-29
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TIL: Measure-DbaBackupThroughput
Today’s dbatools command: Measure-DbaBackupThroughput This one’s a smaller command, but that doesn’t mean it’s without use. If you need information on backup speeds (throughput) or early warning of possible...
2020-05-26
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Blogs
PASS: Quantum Computing Slides
By Brian Kelley
If you're an attendee at the PASS Data Community Summit this year, there are...
A New Word: Dead Reckoning
By Steve Jones
dead reckoning– v. intr. finding yourself bothered by somebody’s death more than you would...
PASS Data Community Summit 2025 Slides and Code
By alevyinroc
Thank you for attending my PASS Summit 2025 session Answering the Auditor’s Call with...
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Getting the Schema for Tables
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Getting the Schema for Tables
What happens when I run this on SQL Server 2022 in the AdventureWorks2022 database?
SELECT OBJECT_DEFINITION (OBJECT_ID(N'Person.Person')) AS [Object Definition]; GOSee possible answers