SSMS 17.4 Vulnerability Assessment

SSMS 17.5 is out as of February 2018, but the the Vulnerability Assessment (VA) was released in SSMS 7.4
It seems...

It’s all about the use cases

There is no better way to see the art of the possible with the cloud than in use cases/customer stories...

It’s all about the use cases

There is no better way to see the art of the possible with the cloud than in use cases/customer stories...

Every Single Execution Plan is an Estimated Plan

All the execution plans are estimated plans. All of them. There fundamentally isn’t any such thing as an “Actual” plan.

Where...

SQL Homework – March 2018 – Recovery Objectives

My very first SQL Homework post was about taking a backup. The vast majority of people who work with databases...

Error 33206 - SQL Server Audit Failed to Create the Audit File

One of the joys of working with SQL Server is the descriptive and meaningful error messages, right?

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Exhibit A - the 33206:
Error:...

Four Ways to Find Free Space In SQL Server Database

Determine Free Space In SQL Server DatabaseIn our previous section we have discussed about Using Stored Procedures in SQL Server For Better Performance and know various advantages of using...

Four Ways to Find Free Space In SQL Server Database

Determine Free Space In SQL Server Database
In our previous section we have discussed about Using Stored Procedures in SQL Server...

The Hidden Price Of Foreign Keys

Foreign key constraints put the “relation” into relational databases. They enforce integrity by requiring that a key value referencing another...

Calculating DTU's for Azure SQL Database

One of my clients asked to calculate the DTU’s required for an existing database before migrating to Azure SQL Database. Pricing Azure SQL Database is different from traditional SQL...