Should I check tempdb for corruption?
You all know that checking our databases for corruption regularly is a must. But what about tempdb? Do you need...
2015-03-02
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SpaghettiDBA
Speaking at SQLSaturday Pordenone
Next week, on Saturday 28, make sure you don’t miss SQLSaturday Pordenone!
Pordenone is the place where the Italian adventure with SQLSaturday...
2015-02-19
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Please Throw this Hardware at the Problem
We’re being told over and over that “throwing hardware at the problem” is not the correct solution for performance problems...
2015-02-24 (first published: 2015-02-12)
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Blame it on Connect
Some weeks ago I blogged about the discouraging signals coming from Connect and my post started a discussion that didn’t...
2015-02-02
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Installing multiple default instances on a single server
As you probably know, SQL Server allows only one default instance per server. The reason is not actually something special to...
2015-01-29
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The big disconnect with Connect
A couple of years ago I blogged about a bug on the Data Collector that I couldn’t resolve but with an...
2015-01-12 (first published: 2015-01-07)
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I’m an MVP: now what?
Today when I checked my mailbox I found an amazing surprise: I joined the ranks of the Most Valuable Professionals...
2015-01-01
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Monitoring blocking and deadlocking with Extended T-SQL Collector
Monitoring blocking and deadlocking hasn’t always been easy. Sometimes, the tools available in SQL Server are not as friendly as...
2014-12-12
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Another good reason to avoid AUTO_CLOSE
Does anybody need another good reason to avoid setting AUTO_CLOSE on a database? Looks like I found one.
Some days ago, all of...
2014-11-13
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Installing SQL Server 2014 Language Reference Help from disk
Some weeks ago I had to wipe my machine and reinstall everything from scratch, SQL Server included.
For some reason that I...
2014-09-25
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: AI Query Analysis
By Steve Jones
AI is everywhere. It’s in the news, it’s being added to every product, management...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 8: RAG – Retrieval Augmented Generation
By Vinay Thakur
RAG — Retrieval Augmented Generation. we have covered so far — embeddings, vectors, vector...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 7: Vector and Vector Databases
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 6 we learned Embeddings, Semantic Search and Checks, on Day 7...
Forums
would it be so terrible to install ssms on a few user desktops?
Hi, ssms is free here. I can think of other reasons to do this...
I'm thinking about submitting some articles
I've written some documentation on using different Markdown types of files on GitHub. It's...
Not Just an Upgrade
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Question of the Day
Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers