Toolbox - Just the Basics
There are many query sets out there to collect varying groups of configuration data - the ones I most frequently use...
2018-03-29
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Nebraska SQL from @DBA_ANDY
Which Blogs Do I Recommend?
One of the most important parts of continuing learning as a DBA (or probably an IT Professional) is reading blogs. ...
2018-03-07
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Error 33206 - SQL Server Audit Failed to Create the Audit File
One of the joys of working with SQL Server is the descriptive and meaningful error messages, right?
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Exhibit A - the 33206:
Error:...
2018-03-13 (first published: 2018-03-05)
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Toolbox - Which Clerk Is Busy?
A few years ago I wrote what would turn out to be my most-hit blog post (so far) titled "Error...
2018-02-07
396 reads
Toolbox - Why is My Database So Big????
I have written previously (here)about how to tell which database files have free space in them when your drive starts...
2018-01-19
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T-SQL Tuesday #98 – Take Small Bites!
https://media.makeameme.org/created/mega-bytes-well.jpgIt's T-SQL Tuesday time again - the monthly blog party was started by Adam Machanic (blog/@AdamMachanic) and each month someone different...
2018-01-09
548 reads
Come to SQL Saturday Providence!
Tomorrow 12/09/2017 is SQL Saturday #694 in Providence, RI.
I will be presenting by SQL Server Health Check session first thing...
2017-12-08
366 reads
PASS Summit 2017 - Live and in Living Color!
UPDATE - the feed and schedule are live at http://www.pass.org/summit/2017/PASStv.aspx
http://rochistory.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/NBC-logo.pngNot in Seattle for some reason this week? Like maybe you stayed home...
2017-11-01
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But I Don't *Want* To "Restore from a backup of the database or repair the database!"
Do you like Log Shipping?
Before my time at Ntirety I had done quite a bit of work with failover clustering...
2017-11-02 (first published: 2017-10-23)
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And YOU Get a Deadlock and YOU Get a Deadlock and EVERYBODY GETS A DEADLOCK!
https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/400x/59507872/you-get-a-deadlock-everybody-gets-a-deadlock.jpgWe all get them at one point or another - deadlocks.
I have Object 1 and need Object 2, you have Object...
2017-10-26 (first published: 2017-10-18)
3,581 reads
Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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