Template Explorer Gold Mine
Sometimes as a newbie to SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) you don’t know about the little gold...
2018-03-27
490 reads
SQLEspresso
SQL Server Updates Tricked Me for Years
When applying a new SQL Server cumulative update, hot fix, or upgrade SQL Server doesn’t always apply all the fixes...
2018-02-21
1,165 reads
Bloggers Should Have Reach
One of my goals for 2018 is to expand the reach of my blog.
As a blogger starting out I had...
2018-02-14
315 reads
Expanding My Reach
I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to expand my writing with my first Simple-Talk article posted. Simple- Talk is technical journal and...
2018-02-07
308 reads
Can You Hear It Now?
Here is a quick blog to show you something I discovered that I didn’t know existed.
I was on a Skype...
2018-01-31
378 reads
Maintaining Balance
Last week, I got the chance to give my I’m It Survival Tips for the Lone DBA in a webcast for the first...
2018-02-09 (first published: 2018-01-24)
1,643 reads
How to get started with Always Encrypted for Beginners Part 3: One Two Punch
A few weeks ago, I wrote Part 1 and 2 of this series, which was a beginner’s guide to Always...
2018-01-17
775 reads
It’s All in the Name, Index Naming Conventions
Awhile back, if you are on Twitter, you can probably recall my ranting about the 949 indexes I was reviewing....
2018-01-10
1,705 reads
AHHH I need a Blog Topic!!!
One of the hardest things you can do as a blogger is to come up with a post topic. Do...
2017-12-20
338 reads
How to Get Started with Always Encrypted for Beginners Part 2
In this post we will pick up where we left off in Part 1, if you haven’t read that please...
2017-12-29 (first published: 2017-12-13)
1,728 reads
Blogs
Seeing the Bigger Picture: How A Monitoring Tool Changed My Approach to Estate Management
By Chris Yates
When it comes to managing complex database environments, having the right monitoring solution is...
A New Word: Foilsick
By Steve Jones
foilsick – adj. feeling ashamed after revealing a little too much of yourself to...
Accelerated Database Recovery for tempdb in SQL Server 2025
Accelerated database recovery was introduced in SQL Server 2019 and provides fast recovery, instantaneous...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Create an HTML Report on...
count the number of NULLs in a row
Hi everyone I have a SP that finds the average based on 3 tables. ...
Deleting data in large table
I have a large table with 17M+ rows for our package record audits. I've...