Setting up Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is one of the easiest ways of encrypting your data at rest. In my prevous post we looked at what TDE is and how it...
2021-04-12
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Matthew McGiffen DBA
What is Transparent Data Encryption?
In this post we look at Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) in SQL Server. What it is - and how it works.
2021-04-07 (first published: 2021-03-29)
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Setting the Sample Rate for Automatic Statistics updates
I talked a few posts ago about Automatic Sample Sizes for Statistics Updates. From SQL 2016 CU4 we've been able to override that. You can manually update a statistics...
2021-03-11 (first published: 2021-03-09)
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Viewing the Statistics Objects Used to Create an Execution Plan
Use trace flag 8666 to view the statistics objects that the optimizer used to generate your execution plan.
2021-03-01
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Automatic Sample Sizes for Statistics Updates
Looking at how SQL Server samples your data when doing auto-stats updates. Part of a series on understanding statistics, to help you achieve optimal performance of your queries on...
2021-03-02 (first published: 2021-02-24)
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Manually updating Statistics
Having up to date statistics is vital for getting the best performance out of your queries. Even though SQL Server automatically updates statistics in the background for you, you...
2021-02-16
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Book Review: Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches
If you work in the world of SQL Server you’ve almost certainly heard of dbatools. For those who haven’t, it’s an open source PowerShell module for automating literally hundreds...
2021-04-20 (first published: 2021-02-15)
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Reminder: SQL Server Agent and the clocks going forward
For most of us in the Northern Hemisphere the clocks go foward next month and we get to look forward to longer, sunnier evenings. This post is a reminder...
2021-02-17 (first published: 2021-02-10)
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Statistics and the Ascending Key Problem
I’ve mentioned previously how not having up to date statistics can cause problems in query performance. This post looks at something called the Ascending Key Problem which can badly...
2021-02-09
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What are Statistics in SQL Server?
Statistics are vitally important in allowing SQL Server to find the most efficient way to execute your queries. In this post we learn more about them, what they are...
2021-03-24 (first published: 2021-02-01)
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Be careful with table updates
The dire warning in the subject line is not meant to scare you. Rather,...
Daily Coping 1 Dec 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Building a pacemaker cluster to deploy a SQL Server availability group in Azure
There are new Ubuntu Pro 20.04 images available in the Azure marketplace with SQL...
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Help with Column Visibility Expressions
I have a parameter in my report labeled as PaySource. PaySource has 3 values...
SQL Server and CloudStrike
Has anyone had issues with CloudStrike Anti-Virus on their SQL Servers? I've had a...
Table Date field format
I created a date field [Datte] in SQL v2008. I then link with MS...
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