Acids and Databases: A look at ACID and transactions
Relational database management systems (RDBMS) such as SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL use transactions to allow concurrent users to...
2017-07-26
154 reads
Happy Belated 150th Birthday Canada, and the Importance of Compliance, Especially Vulnerability Assessments
Assess your vulnerabilities before a system compromise brings it all down: just like what wasn't done early morning on Zhiggy's...
2017-07-26
809 reads
DevOps–Fixing Poorly Named Constraints
I was building some code the other day and kept getting problems in my deployment for a change. The deployment...
2017-08-15 (first published: 2017-07-26)
1,754 reads
Performance is bad. Did you change anything recently? No. Are you sure?
Ever have this conversation?
Dev: Hey, can you help me? The performance on my application is terrible all of a sudden.
DBA:...
2017-08-11 (first published: 2017-07-26)
3,203 reads
Speaking at TechMentor – Redmond
I’ll be speaking at TechMentor, August 7-11 at Microsoft HQ in Redmond. Surrounded by your fellow IT professionals, TechMentor provides you with in-depth, immediately usable training that will keep...
2017-07-26
14 reads
Speaking at TechMentor – Redmond
I’ll be speaking at TechMentor, August 7-11 at Microsoft HQ in Redmond. Surrounded by your fellow IT professionals, TechMentor provides...
2017-07-26
319 reads
Automatically restarting Docker containers
One of the problems that I’ve encountered since moving my Dev/QA departments to using SQL Server within containers is that...
2017-08-10 (first published: 2017-07-26)
2,495 reads
Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 61 – Power KPI)
In this module you will learn how to use the Power KPI Custom Visual. The Power KPI displays your KPI...
2017-08-08 (first published: 2017-07-25)
2,168 reads
SSoL: Where are my data and log files?
I don’t think most of us need to know Linux, but if you end up managing a system, it’s good...
2017-07-25
712 reads
One SSMS Trick That Will Make You a Faster Query Builder
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Here's the scenario: you copy and paste some code into a query you are building. A few minutes later you need that same snippet...
2017-07-25
11 reads
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
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...
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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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