SQL Connectivity issues: A guided walk through
The SQL Tiger Team (t) has recently put out a guided walkthrough for SQL Connectivity issues.
Announcement
Walk Through
If you look...
2017-02-06
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Part 2 - Detecting and Monitoring Memory Pressure Using DMV
I will be writing
this article in four parts because this topic is huge and the amount of
information can be overwhelming...
2017-02-06
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Monday Coffee 2017-02-06
A lot’s been said about last week’s Gitlab outage so I’m not going to go over the details here but...
2017-02-06
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SQLPort V2
The new site of SQLPort is finally live. This is not just a redesign of the original site, published in...
2017-02-06
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Using Extended Events in Azure
Over the past 6 months I have been trying to push myself to use extended events (XEvents) over SQL trace,...
2017-02-10 (first published: 2017-02-06)
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After migrating SQL Server from 2005 to higher version, the waits type PAGELATCH_UP increased
Recently, I experienced an interesting issue where I found SQL Server wait type PageLatch_UP went up drastically after migration. Let’s...
2017-02-06
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Dark Theme in Office 2013 & 2016
Last week I blogged about how you can turn on Dark Theme in SSMS 2016 but that it’s unfinished and you can use it at your own risk. As...
2017-02-05
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Dark Theme in Office 2013 & 2016
Last week I blogged about how you can turn on Dark Theme in SSMS 2016 but that it’s unfinished and you can use it at your own risk. As...
2017-02-05
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Dark Theme in Office 2013 & 2016
Last week I blogged about how you can turn on Dark Theme in SSMS 2016 but that it’s unfinished and...
2017-02-05
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I have been hacked
I’m working on securing the blog. Please stand by. Apologies for any inconvenience or confusion.
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2017-02-05
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Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
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...
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Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
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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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