Odd Behavior With LOB/Overflow Data
In writing some sample demos around LOB and Row-Overflow data I found a couple of oddities in the way reads...
2019-02-20
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Gavin Draper's SQL Server Blog
SQL Server, What's In My Buffer Cache?
When SQL Server reads pages it stores them in an area of memory called the buffer cache, things like memory...
2019-03-06 (first published: 2019-02-19)
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SQL Server, What Waits Happened In The Last X Seconds
There are plenty of scripts out there that can show you the waits that are occurring on your server, however,...
2019-02-18
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SQL Server Script To Check Your Backup RPO Status
I recently wanted a script to tell me that for every database on a given server
What levels of backups I...
2019-02-28 (first published: 2019-02-13)
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How To Check How Far Behind Your SQL Server Log Shipping Secondary Is
Log shipping is one of the simplest and most bulletproof methods to get SQL Server to replicate data to a...
2019-02-21 (first published: 2019-01-31)
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Backing Up and Restoring Your On-Premise Databases To and From the Cloud
I’ve been meaning to start a series of posts on “Dipping your toes into the cloud” for a while now,...
2019-01-30
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How to Encrypt and Restore Your SQL Server Database Backups
We’ve had backup encryption out of the box since SQL Server 2014, yet I’ve rarely seen it used. In an...
2019-02-19 (first published: 2019-01-28)
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Why You Shouldn't Use SELECT * In Production Systems (EVER!)
OK so the title is a bit of a bold statement but bear with me, I’ve been burned by this...
2019-02-11 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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Leveling Up Your TSQL
I thought I’d use this post to round up some of my other posts into a list of often overlooked/unknown...
2019-01-22
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Supercharge Your SQL Server Scalar Functions By Switching To Table Value Functions
User defined functions in SQL server can cause all kinds of performance problems, there are however some tricks that are...
2019-01-18
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Blogs
Regression Testing SQL Saturday Naming
By Steve Jones
I started a poll today on the naming for future SQL Saturdays. You can...
Daily Coping 9 Apr 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Error creating Azure SQL Database
By Arun Sirpal
A quick post today, quite simply, the error message is: “code”: “ConflictingDatabaseOperation”, “message”: “Operation on server x and database y is in progress. Please wait a few minutes before trying again.” What...
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