Replication Latency
I've used Replication a lot over the years and contrary to the opinions of most DBA’s I know, I think it...
2013-01-25
1,909 reads
SQL Server 365
SQL Server 365 - Fantastic First Year In Numbers
So, tomorrow marks one year since I started blogging here on SQL Server 365 and what a year it has...
2012-12-31
1,374 reads
Active Directory Group Membership and Powershell
I’ve done my fair share of work with Active Directory over the years and LDAP has helped immensely, it did...
2012-12-19
815 reads
Tables without a Primary Key
As well as creating the script for yesterday’s post on finding Tables without a Clustered Index I tweaked the script...
2012-12-06 (first published: 2012-11-30)
5,202 reads
Tables without a Clustered Index
Yesterday while adding some new logic to an existing process I noticed an unacceptable level of performance degradation with the...
2012-11-29
1,529 reads
Unused Indexes
A sound indexing strategy is paramount to performance in an OLTP system. Not having the correct indexes in place can...
2012-11-27
2,533 reads
Database Mirroring Performance Counters
This week’s SQL Skills insider email contains a simple but often too true scenario regarding database mirroring. If you haven’t...
2012-11-21 (first published: 2012-11-14)
2,702 reads
Database Mirroring Error
I have been setting up multi instance database mirroring for the last couple of days along with some other DR...
2012-10-26
621 reads
Create Database Script
I always try to enforce standards across all the SQL Servers I manage, it makes tons of administrative tasks much...
2012-09-21
1,034 reads
tablediff Utility
I recently stumbled across a little gem of a utility called tablediff. I have been working a lot with replication...
2012-09-20
6,642 reads
Blogs
Capturing errors and auditing in Azure SQL DB
Logging is a necessity in the database world, well, the entire tech world. You...
Stepping into Event Streaming with Microsoft Fabric
By Rayis Imayev
(2025-July-06) Very often, real-time, high-speed streams of events come from IoT devices, social media...
Sabbatical le Troisième: A Recharge Week
By Steve Jones
It’s been a week since I flew home from London and Redgate to begin...
Forums
The Mindset of a Database Administrator: A Love Letter to Risk Aversion
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Mindset of a Database...
Unmasking CXPACKET and CXCONSUMER in SQL Server: What Your Execution Plan Isn’t Telling You
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Unmasking CXPACKET and CXCONSUMER in...
how to move all SP from one db to another db?
Hi everyone I have two db - one is test and other is archive. ...
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Independence Day
The film independence day was released in 1996. Which of these queries returns that year is run today?
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