A Comprehensive Manual to Manage SQL Server Database
SQL Server is a uniquely designed Relational Database Management System developed by Microsoft. Its basic functionalities include storing, manipulating and...
2015-03-09
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Upcoming Events Where We Can Chat
I get around quite a bit.
Next week I’ll be visiting three cities in Germany talking to user groups in Frankfurt,...
2015-03-09
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Exam Prep 70-463: Logging in SSIS 2012
This post is part of a series on this blog that will help me, and hopefully you, pass exam 70-463: Implementing...
2015-03-31 (first published: 2015-03-09)
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Who’s using that database?
A common problem when trying to alter a database (take it offline, add a filegroup, whatever) is that someone else...
2015-03-17 (first published: 2015-03-09)
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Keep VM snapshot growth from wrecking your day
VM snapshots are one of the best virtualization features ever. But…have you ever had a VMware vSphere or Hyper-V snapshot...
2015-03-16 (first published: 2015-03-09)
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Why You Shouldn’t Skip the Infrastructure/Security Architecture Review
It’s not usual for development projects to undergo an architecture review, but too many times these reviews consist only of...
2015-03-09
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Why You Shouldn’t Skip the Infrastructure/Security Architecture Review
It’s not usual for development projects to undergo an architecture review, but too many times these reviews consist only of...
2015-03-13 (first published: 2015-03-09)
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Transaction Logging in In-Memory OLTP (Hekaton)
In today’s blog posting I want to talk in more detail about how In-Memory OLTP logs transaction log records into...
2015-03-09
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SQL Saturday Oklahoma City, OK: 422 August 29th, 2015!
We're proud to bring back the OKC SQL Saturday for the 5th year in a row! We have 3 precons...
2015-03-09
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SQLBits, Incremental Statistics and Demo Fail
So another great SQLBits is done and dusted, many thanks to the team, helpers and sponsors for putting on such...
2015-03-08
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
SSL/TLS Cert Validity Periods Decreasing
Hi, to all of you who are using CA certs on SQL Server boxes...
It's Never Just One Thing
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Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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