Foundational Material: Microsoft SQL Server Book and Blogs From The Past
Erik Darling dusts off his favorite archival-quality bloggers and books.
2018-09-07
2,958 reads
SQL Server
Representing XML data in SQL Server
In this article, we will see how to use the FOR XML statement in SQL Server to represent the result of queries in XML format.
2020-04-24 (first published: 2018-08-07)
6,667 reads
Placing a Mark in SQL Server's Transaction Log for Fall Back
How many times have you had a programmer come to you and say they want you (the DBA) to restore their database to sometime prior to when they accidentally corrupted it? If you are doing FULL transaction logging you can do a point in time recovery to restore the database to just prior to when the corruption occurred. But in order to do that you need to know exactly when the programmer corrupted the data, which in a lot of cases is not known down to the second.
2018-07-24
4,291 reads
2018-07-20
5,252 reads
What to Do When SQL Server is Slow
Brent Ozar's session for the PASS DBA Fundamentals virtual chapter.
2018-07-13
6,099 reads
How to Tell If Your SQL Server Has Too Much Memory
Brent shows what Perfmon counter to watch after your SQL Server restarts.
2018-06-15
5,646 reads
SQL Server Graph Databases – Part 5: Importing Relational Data into a Graph Database
In the final article of this series, Robert Sheldon shows how to move from a relational structure to a graph structure using the Graph Database feature.
2018-05-23
3,068 reads
Scheduling a PowerShell Script Using SQL Server Agent
This article will give you insight to understand how you can schedule a powershell script you have written using SQL Server Agent.
2018-05-22
40,664 reads
SQL Server on Amazon RDS vs SQL Server on Amazon EC2
Exploring briefly the difference between using Amazon Machine Images running SQL Server and using SQL Server instances on Amazon's Relational Database Service.
2020-09-18 (first published: 2018-04-12)
19,486 reads
Avoiding Unexpected Results with DATEDIFF in Year Comparisons
Learn how to avoid unexpected results when using the DATEDIFF function to find the difference between two dates in years.
2018-04-09
1,776 reads
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: The Jobs Report
By Steve Jones
A customer wanted a report they could email to their boss about jobs, something...
Automating SQL Maintenance: How DevOps Principles Reduce Downtime
By Chris Yates
In the world of modern data infrastructure, SQL databases remain the backbone of enterprise...
From Couch-Potato to Triathlete – and What This Means for Your SQL Server
Do you know if your SQL Server is really running at its best? To...
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