Monday Coffee 2017-04-03
Last week Pass announced changes to how speakers are going to be selected for their annual conference (you can read...
2017-04-03
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Monday Coffee 2017-04-03
Last week Pass announced changes to how speakers are going to be selected for their annual conference (you can read...
2017-04-03
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Preconference Session at SQL Nexus – SQL Server Virtualization
If you are attending this year’s SQL Nexus conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, from May 1st to 3rd this year, I...
2017-04-03
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Custom Handling Flat File Output of an SSIS Package with the Script Component
I recently had a requirement to remove the last Carriage Return <CR> and Line Feed <LF> characters when outputting a...
2017-04-02
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Can I tune the tempDB of an Azure based SQL Server database…
Yip. You can.
I was originally going to write this post about tuning tempDB in our Azure SQL database. Which would...
2017-04-02
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Columnstore Indexes – part 101 (“Estimated? Similar! Similar How?”)
Continuation from the previous 100 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
This blogpost will focus on warning you...
2017-04-01
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SQL Server DBCC CHECKDB
A quick video clip where I show two things. Firstly I show how since SQL Server 2014 SP1+ the snapshot...
2017-04-01
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Max Length of a column in a DataTable in PowerShell
Whilst I was writing my Test-DbaLastBackup Posts I ran into a common error I get when importing datatables into a...
2017-04-01
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April Fools 2017
Each year I try to something fun for April 1st, though it’s hard to do well. Trying to be funny...
2017-04-01
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Why I’m Changing to MySQLAndy
From time to time we all have to examine our path and decide if we need to make adjustments. Looking...
2017-04-01
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Blogs
Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments–Day of Data Boston
By Steve Jones
Here are the resources for my talk at Day of Data Boston. Slides –...
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Forums
SQL Server Storage Optimization: Multiple Files in a Filegroup vs Dedicated File
Hello, I would like to get some feedback regarding the best storage optimization strategy...
Azure SQL Database Event Log Limitations
Hi, Do you know if there is a way to get more detailed logging...
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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