A trillion and one
Joe Obbish wrote an epic post a few weeks ago about loading a trillion rows into a non-partitioned table in...
2017-09-13
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Data Governance Survey–Still Time
Just a reminder. Redgate is doing research into data governance, and we have a small survey we’d love to get...
2017-09-13
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Speaking at IT/DevConnections 2017
If you’re going to be in the San Francisco area in October, let’s get together and talk. I’ll be at...
2017-09-13
347 reads
What does this little check box do?
Ever wander around SQL Server properties and wonder what these little check boxes turn on? I do, and I get...
2017-09-13
348 reads
Expensive Enterprise Backup Tools – A survival guide
If you’re working for a big company, chances are that your IT already has a strategy and tools for dealing...
2017-09-13
985 reads
Elect The Next PASS Board Members
The PASS board elections are coming up and there is a twitter chat event to ask questions to the candidates before you vote. Both tweeter events will be on...
2017-09-13
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Elect The Next PASS Board Members
The PASS board elections are coming up and there is a twitter chat event to ask questions to the candidates...
2017-09-12
510 reads
Remove an Active Lease on a Blob in Azure
I was creating and dropping VMs in Azure, and found myself charged money for disks that I thought I’d deleted....
2017-09-12
502 reads
Setting the Sample Rate for Auto Stats updates
SQL Server functionality can move on pretty quickly sometimes, and it’s not always all about the big features but the...
2017-09-12
2,313 reads
Do I Need to Master PowerShell?
As a SQL Server DBA, do you need to be a master of PowerShell scripts? In this 9 minute episode, I talk about how much you need to know...
2017-09-12
27 reads
Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
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Question of the Day
Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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