Azure Runbook Configuration
Hello everybody! Greetings from the very warm state of Texas! One of the most popular questions I get when talking...
2018-08-23 (first published: 2018-08-02)
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The Mystery of the Exploding T-Log
There were a stack of errors overnight in the DB123 database on SQL01, including one horror show error:
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Log Name: ApplicationSource: MSSQLSERVERDate: 5/24/2018...
2018-08-20 (first published: 2018-08-02)
2,892 reads
Dear SQL DBA: Remembering Robert Davis, DBA Hero
What makes a person a DBA Hero? In this episode, I talk about how Robert Davis made a huge impact on the SQL Server community, and the traits that...
2018-08-02
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How to Change SQL Server License or Product Key?
Yesterday, I was doing SQL Server Database stress and benchmarking testing on the client side. When I started ramping-up more...
2018-08-02
137,389 reads
First time speaker at Denver’s SQL local group
06/21 was the date that marked my career as data professional, for the first time ever I decided to participate as...
2018-08-01
253 reads
Using the built-in System Health session
When Microsoft introduced Extended Events (XE) in 2008, they also gave us a built-in XE session called system_health (though it’s...
2018-08-16 (first published: 2018-08-01)
5,507 reads
Don’t do these things in SQL Server
Recently Brent Ozar posted a link to the PostgreSQL “Don’t do this” page, which I am shamelessly reproducing below, re-tailored...
2018-08-01
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SQL Homework – August 2018 – Set up database mail
This month’s homework is pretty simple to say, not necessarily easy to do. Set up database mail.
Why database mail?...
2018-08-01
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A PowerShell Conference In A Book
A Question
Shortly after the European PowerShell Conference and the PowerShell and Devops 2018 summit in the USA Mike Robbins b...
2018-08-17 (first published: 2018-08-01)
2,747 reads
Have you ever wonder why Log Send Rate doesn’t show against Primary Replica on the AlwaysOn Dashboard?
Recently, I was working on the AlwaysOn Availability group issue where the log records were not moving from primary to...
2018-08-01
473 reads
Blogs
SQL Server gMSA: Why So Many DBAs Still Aren't Using It in 2026
By SQLPals
SQL Server gMSA: Why DBAs Still Aren't Using It in 2026 ...
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Forums
Fulltext filter daemon host (FDHost) process has stopped abnormally
We have performed a side-by-side upgrade, from SQL Server 2016 to 2022 Developer Edition,...
Automating OSM Data Refresh in Power BI’s Azure Maps Reference Layer
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Database Mail Configuration
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Question of the Day
Database Mail Configuration
If I want to get a list of the configuration settings for Database Mail using T-SQL, how can I do so?
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