How to Perform Database Hack-Attach
This blog demonstrates attaching a database on the SQL Server Instance which already has the same name database up and...
2018-04-23
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SQL Geek
Finding Untrusted Foreign Keys and Constraints
In the previous blog, we discussed the Foreign Keys Constraints and how the CHECK Constraints are useful to verify the...
2018-04-30 (first published: 2018-04-19)
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Find Missing Indexes For All SQL Server Databases
DMV (Database Management View) and DMO (Database Management Objects) were added in 2005. There have been huge improvements in each...
2018-04-16
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SQL Server Logical Query Processing
Recently, while reviewing one of the stored procedure performance, I suggested a couple of changes to a developer to improve...
2018-04-12
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How to Check SQL Server View Utilization
If you are working on SQL Server optimization delicately, you may get often queries that how to find if any...
2018-04-09
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What is a Foreign Key & How many foreign keys can you have on a single table?
Yesterday, I was attending a database design meeting. In the meeting, I was asked one of the questions – “How many...
2018-04-12 (first published: 2018-04-05)
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How SQL Compilation Can Prove the Server CPU
It is relatively easy to spot CPU-bound system. But, the source of CPU pressure is not always easy to pinpoint....
2018-04-02
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SQL Performance – Using Query Hint OPTION (FAST N)
It is fun working with SQL/Application developer where you exchange a lot of technical thoughts to find the root of...
2018-03-21
7,310 reads
New Built-in Function CONCAT_WS() – SQL Server 2017
In my previous post on new functions in SQL Server 2017, I discussed about the STRING_AGG function. Here, I am...
2018-03-02
1,369 reads
Set New Errorlog File location – SQL Server on Linux
For SQL Server 2017 RTM, the fourth cumulative update was released on 20th February, and it is available for download...
2018-03-08 (first published: 2018-03-01)
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Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
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Forums
Deadlock graph anomaly
I've come across what appears to be a strange deadlock anomaly. As seen in...
Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale Level 6: Backup and Restore Internals
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The Challenge of AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Challenge of AI, which...
Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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