When was the last successful backup?
What is the fastest and perhaps easiest way to find the last successful database backup?
Just right click on the Database...
2013-03-01
379 reads
SQL and SQL Only
SQL Server Memory Usage - Task Manager
Another question I have answered 100s of times to Non SQL folks. "SQLServr.Exe is consuming 80% of memory. Can you...
2012-05-20
1,390 reads
Sysprocesses CPU and CPU Percentage - utilization
I am not sure how many of you have faced this situation? I have faced it many many times. Somebody...
2012-04-23
1,161 reads
Calling Function / UDF using linked server
If one needs to call a UDF or System function ( ex: Serverproperty, Getdate(), etc ) on a remote server, then one...
2012-04-08
2,852 reads
Inserting UniCode / Special characters in tables
Consider the situation where one needs to store multilingual data / Special characters into a table. For example Chinese characters or...
2012-03-27
7,697 reads
File Group Backups - Intro
What is File Group backup?
Backing up a portion of a database, say a File Group is termed as Filegroup...
2012-01-13
490 reads
Log file size after backup and restore
Quick summary of the post:
A restoration of a full database backup retains the log file size before restoration.
Now...
2011-11-01
505 reads
Backup/Restore vs Detach & Attach
You want to move a database from one server to another. There are two options to do that.
1) Detach/Attach: To...
2011-10-04
978 reads
Reading SQL Error log
SQL Error log can be read from SQL Server's management studio. However, Management studio is too slow and definitely not...
2011-08-25
409 reads
ALTER TABLE - Adding Column - Column Order Impact
Most of us would have altered a table structre by adding a column to the table. When an ALTER table...
2011-06-25
971 reads
Blogs
Modifying a Trigger to Capture More Info: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I had someone ask me about using triggers to detect changes in their tables....
SQL Server Agent Jobs: Set It and Forget It?
By Kevin3NF
Useful tips to make your jobs more stable Too many IT teams treat SQL...
From SQL Server to PostgreSQL: A Story of 5 Key SQL Differences
After spending decades working in SQL Server, getting familiar with PostgreSQL felt like traveling...
Forums
One big server with multiple instances, or multiple smaller servers...
We're currently on SQL 2019 and will likely be looking to migrate to a...
Transitioning AlwaysOn Availability Group to Synchronous Commit Mode
Hello, I have a SQL Server with an AlwaysOn configuration consisting of three replicas...
CDC & Azure Managed Instances - Performance degredation
Anyone got any good advice for performance tuning CDC on a Managed Instance? We...
Question of the Day
The Trigger Updated Column(s)
In a trigger, I can use UPDATE() or UPDATED_COLUMNS() to determine which columns were changed. For these functions, which one accepts a column name as a parameter?
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