Are You the Primary Replica?
UPDATED -- Jul 3, 2015 -- To verify database exists, per comments by Konstantinos Katsoridis. Thanks for finding the bug!
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2013-07-23
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Everyday SQL
Setup an Availability Group with Multiple Subnets in VMware Workstation
Before we get started, I want to make it clear this is NOT how you would normally configure all these...
2013-07-16
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VMware vSphere Storage Performance - Thick vs Thin Provisioning
Industry experts will tell you that virtualization of your environment is not done to improve performance, it's done to make...
2013-06-25
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Investigating Plan Cache Bloat
SQL Server includes a DMV, sys.dm_exec_query_stats, that returns performance statistics for each query plan cached in memory. However, it can...
2013-05-28
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An Alternative to SELECT COUNT(*) for Better Performance
Sometimes rapid code development doesn't always produce the most efficient code. Take the age old line of code SELECT COUNT(*)...
2013-05-07
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Merging SQL Server and Softball Just for Fun
With opening day of Major League Baseball season finally here, I thought I’d take the time to cover two of...
2013-04-02
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Use Powershell to Pick Up what Database Mirroring Leaves Behind
Database mirroring has been around since SQL Server 2005, and it's turned out to be an excellent step up from...
2013-03-26
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T-SQL Tuesday #40 - Proportional Fill within a Filegroup
T-SQL Tuesday #40 is underway, and this month's host is Jennifer McCown (blog|twitter). The topic is about File and Filegroup...
2013-03-15 (first published: 2013-03-12)
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Dealing with a Fragmented Heap
Just for the record, this happens to be one of my favorite interview questions to ask candidates.
At some point in...
2013-03-05
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The Performance Impact to Prefix Stored Procedures with sp_
Last week I ran across a blog post by Axel Achten (B|T) that outlined a few reasons why you should...
2013-02-19
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