Running code on the startup of SQL Server
Every now and again you need to run code when your instance starts up. For example you might want to...
2016-02-08 (first published: 2016-02-01)
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TempDB Excessive Memory Usage Example
I see TempDB using more memory than I feel it should and found a way to resolve it. Previously I dove into technical details and questioning what I saw...
2016-02-01
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TempDB Excessive Memory Usage Example
I see TempDB using more memory than I feel it should and found a way to resolve it. Previously I...
2016-02-05 (first published: 2016-02-01)
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Memory Fundamentals for SQL Server - AWE ( Address Windowing Extensions), /PAE Switch (Physical Address Extension)
In the previous blog we saw the difference between Virtual Address Space between 32-bit and 64-bit systems. We also saw...
2016-02-05 (first published: 2016-02-01)
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My Best Blog Posts from 2015
ALWAYS LEARNING About mid-way into August of 2015, I learned some important new factors in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) that caused me to make some big changes to the way in...
2016-02-01
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My Best Blog Posts from 2015
ALWAYS LEARNING About mid-way into August of 2015, I learned some important new factors in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) that caused me to make some big changes to the way in...
2016-02-01
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Limitation of In-Memory OLTP in SQL Server 2016 – LOB datatypes not supported
Hi friends, Wish you all a very Happy New Year. This is my first blog of 2016 and starting it...
2016-02-01
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SQL Server 2016: configure TempDB during installation
Proper configuration of the TempDB system database is crucial for optimal performance of a SQL Server instances during heavy loads. The recommended...
2016-02-04 (first published: 2016-01-31)
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PowerShell Pester Testing for Parameter Validation
This error caught me out. I am putting this post here firstly to remind me if I do it again...
2016-01-31
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PowerShell Pester Testing for Parameter Validation
This error caught me out. I am putting this post here firstly to remind me if I do it again...
2016-02-08 (first published: 2016-01-31)
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
A Daily Report from Claude
By Steve Jones
Redgate had some Claude training recently, which I went through as my knowledge has...
A New Word: Gnossienne
By Steve Jones
gnossienne– n. the awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private...
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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