What the heck is downtime, anyway?
There’s a lot of discussion about preventing downtime. As a DBA and IT professional, it’s my sworn duty to prevent downtime. I usually describe my job as DBA something...
2019-04-15
There’s a lot of discussion about preventing downtime. As a DBA and IT professional, it’s my sworn duty to prevent downtime. I usually describe my job as DBA something...
2019-04-15
In my last post I discussed the fact that SQL Ids can, in fact, be useful on an instance that ... Continue reading
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2019-04-15
By default, when you run a query in SQL Server, your delete/update/insert (DUI) is finished as soon as your query finishes. That’s because the default behavior of SQL Server is IMPLICIT_TRANSACTIONS OFF – meaning, SQL Server doesn’t hold your queries open waiting for a COMMIT or ROLLBACK.
2018-03-14
3,761 reads
Changing a data type seems like a simple task unless the table is quite large and downtime must be kept to a minimum. Danny Kruge walks you through the process he created to change an INT to a BIGINT in a large table.
2018-03-13
10,620 reads
Tara Kizer outlines 15 telltale signs that you aren't a very good senior DBA.
2018-02-26
5,733 reads
If you've ever had a terrible day, send in your story and Grant and Steve will pick their favorite to be spiced up DBA-Team-style. The winner will also be given a ticket to SQL Cruise 2015. Find out how to enter.
2014-09-10
1,380 reads
My biggest fear when my book went into production was that any factual errors...
Today I have uploaded SQL Server Quickie #45 to YouTube. This time I’m talking...
By Steve Jones
Today’s coping tip is to listen to a piece of music without doing anything...
Ive been doing some benchmark testing using an application, running this on my local...
Has anyone every created / managed a centralized SSIS server? We have a virtualized...