2024-03-01
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Administration
This is Why You Use Git for Scripts
Git is a good tool for DBAs and other Operations staff. Today Steve gives you a few reasons why.
2024-02-14
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2024-02-09
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Query Exercise: Find the Best Time for Maintenance
If we’ve gotta take the database down for maintenance – perhaps a version upgrade, perhaps upgrading our own code, maybe scaling up the hardware – when’s the best time to do it?
2024-02-07
Deploying Azure SQL Database Using an ARM Template
Provisioning infrastructure in a timely and reliable manner is essential for agile development. One well-liked method that lets you use code to automate resource management and provisioning is infrastructure as code (IaC). Azure Resource Manager templates are one IaC solution for Azure (ARM templates).
2024-02-02
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Backup SQL Server on Linux Databases using SQL Server Agent on Windows
In this tip, we're going to look at the steps to backup SQL Server on Linux databases using SQL Server Agent on a Windows server.
2024-01-01
The Profiler Extension in Azure Data Studio (ADS)
This article covers the basics of the Profiler extension in Azure Data Studio, a handy way to trace your application calls.
2024-03-25 (first published: 2023-12-29)
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Understanding Maximum Server Memory in SQL SERVER
This short piece explains the value of maximum server memory and shows you how to change this.
2023-12-27
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Sending resource alerts on Managed Instance using db_mail
One of the biggest issue that you might experience in Managed Instance is reaching storage limit or finding out that you don't have enough CPU. In this case you would need to get the bigger instance; however, this is not instant operation. In this post, you will see how you can monitor resource usage and send email alerts if there is a risk that you might reach the limits.
2023-12-20
2023-12-15
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Blogs
Automated SQL Server Benchmarking with HammerDB and Docker: A Complete Testing Framework
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
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The Book of Redgate: Hours
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I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
Forums
Optional Parameter Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2025: Fixing the Kitchen-Sink Search Procedure
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AI Experience Gap that we keep talking about
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Question of the Day
ORDER BY alias
There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers