I may be mistaken but I am pretty sure that the error "The specified network name is no longer available" means that your computer lost access to the server for...

Just to add, data manipulation operations (INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE) on a table need to modify most (all?) indexes on the table. So adding indexes to improve performance of deletes...

Apologies for the confusions caused . I am planning to set the execution timeout for all queries that I will be running in SSMS. My goal is to stop...

I think the problem is that you are trying to do something that doesn't make sense. The timeouts are configured on a session by session basis, not on an instance...

Sorry, been traveling, but to me, I'd say there are a few big things and then a whole lot of small ones.

Biggies

• 504s on posting (becoming too frequent)
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I agree with you Steve. Presenting is terrifying and also fun. My first presentation I did was actually as a guest presenter at a university course where the professor had...

What I'm seriously miffed about is that no one at Redgate seems aware nor gives a damn about these forums.  Apparently even Steve has zero pull with them.

Two short...

The trick to solving this problem is to make getting into your software EASY and getting out impossible. One cloud CRM tool we had bought into years back helped us...

CDC (change data capture) will track changes on a table, but it can be messy if you have a lot of data that changes, but how you describe it sounds...

Just a little FYI too - when hiring a consultant, it never hurts to check what the consultant is an expert in. If you hire a consultant to evaluate your...

If you are putting NOLOCK on an INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE query, that's not going to do anything. SQL doesn't allow NOLOCK on data change operations as it...

My opinion - NOLOCK is not a solution to blocking or deadlocks. NOLOCK is a "band-aid" solution in most cases and in the rare cases it is "needed", there are...

My opinion (note I am NOT a licensing expert) - that falls under an "it depends" scenario. Microsoft probably doesn't care, but your government agency/license may be unhappy with their...

I could be mistaken, but I thought the whole point of backup with checksum meant that the backup would contain a checksum in it for validation of the backup. Basically,...

Possibly a silly question but are the plans exactly the same apart from the estimates? What I mean is are you getting the same seeks and scans across all systems,...