2022-09-16
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Administration
Understanding the System Function FILEPROPERTY()
Learn how to use the system function, FILEPROPERTY(), to get information about your database in T-SQL.
2022-09-09
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The Case for Patching
Recently I was testing a feature in SQL Server on 2017 and 2019. There was supposed to be an improvement across versions, but I didn't see it. Then I realized that I was on SQL Server 2019 CU 2 on my laptop, and the current CU is 17. I took a few minutes to download […]
2022-08-20
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Getting More Information From the String or Binary Data Truncated Error
Get more information from the string or binary data truncated message to help troubleshoot data problems on SQL Server 2016, 2017, and 2019.
2022-08-17
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2022-08-03
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Linked Servers: a Peek Behind the Curtain
Learn how a linked server caused an issue with Gallium Data.
2022-07-15
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2022-07-13
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2022-07-01
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A New SQL Server Vulnerability
A new vulnerability for SQL Server is covered by a number of patches this week.
2022-06-18
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2022-06-10
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Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
Forums
Having Issue deploying a report to an on prem server from PowerBI desktop
Using PowerBI Version1.25.9508.3237(January 2026). Installed Microsoft Power BI Desktop (Optimized for Power BI Report...
SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...
How Long is a Long I/O?
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Question of the Day
How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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