Daily Coping 21 Feb 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-02-21
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Data Page Restrictions
Today I’m talking about limitations that you have with data pages, and why there are restrictions that you will love, while you will hate other restrictions. As you learned,...
2022-03-07 (first published: 2022-02-21)
315 reads
10 DBA recipes with XESmartTarget
Some time ago, I started a project called XESmartTarget. I find it super useful and you should probably know about it. It’s totally my fault if you’re not using...
2022-02-21
99 reads
Understanding Volumes vs Storage Pools
In hindsight, I should have done this differently. In a previous post I discussed how I carved up 18TB of storage into various storage pools. Now that I have...
2022-03-02 (first published: 2022-02-18)
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Daily Coping 18 Feb 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-02-18
28 reads
Cluster Service Failed To Bring Clustered Role Online Or Offline
This weekend I was working, as usual, holding the on-call and listening to my favorite singer Kishor Kumar. And, my friend Rakesh call me in jeopardy. One of his...
2022-02-18
65 reads
Convert Local Datetime to UTC (pre-SQL Server 2016)
Recently I was working with a client who was still on SQL Server 2012. Support issues aside, there are some very useful T-SQL functions/clauses who didn’t exist in 2012,...
2022-02-17
38 reads
SQL Saturday Colorado Springs 2022
In just over a month, SQL Saturday comes back to Colorado Springs. On Mar 19, SQL Saturday Colorado Springs 2022 is taking place at the local library. This is...
2022-02-17
95 reads
Daily Coping 17 Feb 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-02-17
43 reads
Configure SQL Server Reporting Services with AWS RDS SQL Server
How do you set up SQL Server Reporting Services in AWS RDS? We will show you how to configure SQL Server Reporting Services in AWS and RDS.
2022-02-17
225 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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