How to find tables with 0 records using space
This is a follow up post to the previous one about tables with no records using data space, with the idea coming from twitter of all places. Sometimes on...
2022-03-11
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This is a follow up post to the previous one about tables with no records using data space, with the idea coming from twitter of all places. Sometimes on...
2022-03-11
105 reads
Just like that puppy you got during the pandemic, your databases hunger for more. And they grow. And occasionally make a mess. I’ll stop the analogy. Anyhow, it’s worthwhile...
2022-02-28
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If you’ve ever had to implement Change Data Capture (CDC) for a database in an Availability Group, then you know that the CDC jobs don’t really consider the Availability...
2022-02-03
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Have you ever had to find the number of rows in a user table, and then wrote a little “SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tblWhatever” and hit execute…and waited…and waited…and waited...
2022-01-28
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I’m not sure how many of you use Change Data Capture (CDC) on your instances, but I’ve had to support it for a while now and I thought I’d...
2022-01-20
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For this month’s #TSQL2day, Andy Yun asked folks to share about “something you’ve learned, that subsequently changed your opinion/viewpoint/etc. on something.” Now, there are technical subjects I could share...
2022-01-11
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Managing permissions is a constant issue for Database Administrators, but rarely do DBAs consider permissions for tempdb. Everybody’s looking for something, but how often do you get requests for...
2022-01-19 (first published: 2022-01-06)
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If you’ve ever had to play administrator to a SQL Server instance, you’ve probably had to deal with TempDB data or log files that have grown unexpectedly. I know...
2021-06-03
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Presenting is difficult, and you already know that. It is also incredibly rewarding and beneficial to your career, but that’s not important for this post. As difficult as it...
2021-03-05 (first published: 2021-02-28)
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Presenting is difficult, and you already know that. It is also incredibly rewarding and beneficial to your career, but that’s not important for this post. As difficult as it...
2021-02-28
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By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Background If you’ve been using Availability Groups, you’re familiar with the replica seeding (sometimes...
I have data in table like this. I want to fill/insert the rows with...
Hello, My company is going about ever increasing our security on all our Servers/databases....
Do you guys recommend upgrading SQL Server 2008 R2 to 2017 by just running...