Did Not Know That - Redirecting CMD to the Clipboard
One of the items I frequently deal with as a Production DBA is drive alarms. I have written previously about...
2018-09-12 (first published: 2018-09-04)
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Nebraska SQL from @DBA_ANDY
The Mystery of the Exploding T-Log
There were a stack of errors overnight in the DB123 database on SQL01, including one horror show error:
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Log Name: ApplicationSource: MSSQLSERVERDate: 5/24/2018...
2018-08-20 (first published: 2018-08-02)
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Speaking This Weekend in Iowa City!
Come out to SQL Saturday Iowa at the University of Iowa this Saturday 06/23/2018 for a SQL Saturday that never...
2018-06-21
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Revoke the permission(s) before dropping the server principal
As a remote DBA I often have to log in to client systems for a fixed amount of time and...
2018-06-27 (first published: 2018-06-15)
13,700 reads
Double Win- Watch DeWitt and Help SQLSoldier's Loved Ones!
Brent Ozar (blog/@BrentO) is sponsoring a special webcast in a couple weeks, with an amazing presenter:
https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2018/06/announcing-a-very-special-sqlfamily-webcast-with-dr-david-dewitt/
The webcast (“SQL Query Optimization....
2018-06-09
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2018!
I found out a few days ago that one of my sessions was selected for Summit this Fall - I will...
2018-06-06
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Toolbox - How Long Has My Server Been Up?
https://imgflip.com/i/2axp6yNo..not that Up (although it is awesome!)
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As a remote service provider a common request is to follow up after a server...
2018-05-24
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When Good Query Plans Go Bad
Today's story starts again with a page escalation:
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We are seeing very high CPU usage on DistServer01. Could you please take...
2018-05-25 (first published: 2018-05-18)
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Why Don't I have a Preferred Replica?
The client reported that the log file on their main database was growing unusually large, and when they checked the...
2018-04-27 (first published: 2018-04-18)
4,117 reads
Toolbox - Do You Have Current Backups?
On our managed servers we run a job each day to check that either a FULL or DIFF has run...
2018-04-04
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I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
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Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
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Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers