Query to Email….Well Formatted Email
When I get alerts from SQL Server I want it to do three things for me. Tell me what’s wrong, show me the data, then tell me how to...
2025-04-10
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Simple SQL Server
Powershell, when were my servers rebooted?
One of my servers wasn’t rebooted when it should have been and I never realized it until after the outage...
2016-06-01
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Powershell, when were my servers rebooted?
One of my servers wasn’t rebooted when it should have been and I never realized it until after the outage was over. The big deal wasn’t that it didn’t...
2016-06-01
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File Growths
I hinted at file growths in my previous posts about shrinking data and log files. Then I talked about growing...
2016-04-11 (first published: 2016-03-29)
1,848 reads
File Growths
I hinted at file growths in my previous posts about shrinking data and log files. Then I talked about growing log files in my post Database Log VLFs. However,...
2016-03-29
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Database Growth Trends – Idera Diagnostic Manager
How fast are your databases growing? Should I panic about a 1 TB database that has 100 GB free on...
2016-03-21
645 reads
Database Growth Trends – Idera Diagnostic Manager
How fast are your databases growing? Should I panic about a 1 TB database that has 100 GB free on disk? Am I safe with a 100 GB database...
2016-03-21
14 reads
Multiserver Queries
You can run queries against multiple servers at once, and it’s quite useful for a number of reasons. I use...
2016-03-14
710 reads
Multiserver Queries
Setting up registered servers and practical uses of multiserver queries in SSMS.
2016-03-14
14 reads
Recompile Monitoring using XEvents
Recompiles can be a hidden bottleneck on your server, and it may not be too obvious. I should know, it...
2016-03-17 (first published: 2016-03-07)
1,634 reads
Blogs
Fabric as a Data Mesh Enabler: Rethinking Enterprise Data Distribution
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have approached data management with the same mindset as someone stuffing...
Truncate Table Pitfalls
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dataMinds Connect 2025 – Slides & Scripts
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Restore Job fails in Replication
Dear Folks, Restore jobs in my SQL2022 Standard edition replication were failing on a...
visual studio seems to lose "provider" on pkg imports
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ERD Tools recommendation
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Vector Datatype Dimensions
The new vector datatype in SQL Server 2025 requires a number dimension parameter. What is the maximum number of dimensions supported?
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