sp_prepexec and nHibernate
SQL Server architect David Poole sets about exploring sp_prepexec when called from nHibernate.
A DBA is a Data Professional
DBA (Database Administrator) is a Data Professional tasked with managing an organization’s data using some sort of database software, such as Microsoft SQL Server. They are concerned with gathering, storing and presenting data to data consumers, which includes virtually anyone in the modern world.
Extended Events - inaccurate_cardinality_estimate
Extended events have been a bit of a personal “Elephant in the room” for me. I know they are there and I should really get on a start using them but never *quite* have a compelling enough reason.
SQL Server Database Growth and Autogrowth Settings
It's easy to create a database nowadays with point-'n-click, but if you've left your database's autogrowth settings at their default, you may hit problems in the future. Why? What to do about it? Read on!
Sharing Your Database Server
Is is time to consider sharing your database server with other applications? Steve Jones thinks with today's powerful servers and changes to licensing, this might make sense.
Optimal Storage of IP addresses in a SQL Server database
Often databases are used with web-based interfaces and recording the IP address of the end user can assist with debugging, marketing, bandwidth planning and collation selection to name a few. In a scenario where each page access is logged, is there an optimal way to store IP addresses?
Survey: what features do you want from a backup tool?
We’d like your thoughts on what new features should go into our backup tools. Let us know by completing this short survey.
Layers of Security
A good security scheme will contain many layers. Today Steve Jones talks about one of those: good habits.
Me, myself and Powershell
Why should any SQLserver administrator, DBA, or Developer be interested in Powershell? Johan Bijens presents a few reasons today.
Blogs
Prime Day Recommendations
By Steve Jones
It’s Prime Day. A few of my recommendations, since I want to do some...
Fabric for Operational Reporting & SQL Endpoint Trap
With Fabric Mirroring, Microsoft is promoting a nice and appealing story for operational reporting...
Crawl, Walk, Run with Agentic Development of Power BI Assets
If you’ve been watching AI roll through the data community and thinking, “this seems...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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Concurrency and Baseline Control: Level 5 of the Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments
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Spending Time in the Office
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Question of the Day
Multiple Values Inserted
I have this code on SQL Server 2022. What happens when it runs all at once?
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.Commission GO CREATE TABLE dbo.Commission (id INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT CommissionPK PRIMARY KEY , salesperson VARCHAR(20) , commission VARCHAR(20) ) GO INSERT dbo.Commission ( salesperson, commission) VALUES ( 'Brian', 12 ), ( 'Brian', 'None' ) GOSee possible answers