A Very Simple Blocking Alert
Blocking in SQL Server can be good – after all, it’s one of the ways consistency is guaranteed – we usually don’t want data written to by two processes...
2021-05-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #138
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Andy Leonard who has poised the question ‘What do you do when technology changes underneath you?’ I was going to begin by...
2021-05-11
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What do you do when technology changes underneath you? (T-SQL Tuesday #138)
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Andy Leonard who has poised the question ‘What do you do when technology changes underneath you?’ I was going to begin by...
2021-05-11
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SSIS – Arithmetic overflow error converting IDENTITY to datatype int
I recently encountered a SSIS package that was failing due to an ‘arithmetic overflow error converting IDENTITY to datatype int’; Conversion/overflow errors aren’t that unusual – normally a data...
2021-04-06
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Serverless Azure SQL DB can show incorrect data space usage in the Portal
A quick PSA on the behaviour of Serverless Azure SQL DB space reporting in the Azure Portal. I recently had to shrink a large Azure SQL DB for cost...
2021-03-31
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Getting SQL Services Information with Powershell
Hopefully you already know everything about your SQL estate, including what services are installed and what’s running them, either because it’s so small you just know, or, preferably, you...
2021-03-15
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Blogs
Speaking at SQLSaturday MN 2022
By Will Assaf
Thanks all for joining me for two sessions at SQLSaturday Minnesota 2023, and for...
Goal Progress for Nov 2022
By Steve Jones
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress...
PGSQL PHRIDAY #3: What is the PostgreSQL Community To You?
Very excited to take part in my third #PGSQLPhriday blogging event, even more so...
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