Microsoft Data Platform – MVP 2017!!!
I’m very pleased and delighted to share that I have been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award 2017. This...
2017-04-14
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SQL Geek
Read Statistics Histogram using DMV
DMV: sys.dm_db_stats_histogram (object_id, stats_id)
For a long time, the DBCC SHOW_STATISTICS command was the only way to get information about statistics....
2017-02-22
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Out of memory error because of the very low virtual address space – Error 701 – Trace Flag 8075
If you are dealing with a SQL Server which got a lot of memory, you may encounter the out of...
2017-02-20
1,289 reads
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
535 reads
SQL Server Service Information
DMV: sys.dm_server_services
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 and SQL Server 2012 has a new set of DMVs. One of them...
2017-01-11
377 reads
Disk Space Monitoring using SQL Server DMV
DMV : sys.dm_os_volume_stats
Being a SQL Server database administrator, you may often receive alerts or asked by Senior DBAs to check, if...
2017-01-09
17,876 reads
New String Function – TRIM – in SQL Server vNext
As SQL developer, you must have often come across a scenario where you need to remove the empty spaces at...
2017-01-06
2,072 reads
When was SQL Server installed?
In this blog post. Let us learn about how to retrieve date and time when the SQL Server was installed. To retrieve...
2017-01-04
13,781 reads
Identifying Blocking Chain in SQL Server
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!!
I hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year. I always try to review my...
2017-01-01
12,704 reads
Configure Internal and Private Networking for Hyper-V Virtual Machines
In the previous tutorial, we went through how to setup “External Network” to access the internet on Hyper-v client machine....
2016-12-25
2,883 reads
Blogs
Audit – Security Compliance Frameworks (Part 1)
By Vinay Thakur
This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
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Limiting Checkpoints
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