SQL Server 2008 R2 Best Practices Analyzer
A big part of my DBA career has centered around identifying and sharing SQL Server DBA best practices. There are...
Changing Jobs
Today Steve Jones talks about the reasons why you might change jobs, and the fact that you aren't alone. However be careful about changing jobs, and make an attempt to stay if you can.
Script Task Exception Handling in SSIS
When working with Script Task of SQL Server 2008 Integration Services, it is important to ensure that your custom code complies with the most elementary programming practices. Learn how to handle unexpected errors that interfere with the successful execution of your code.
Using DMVs to Find the Ports that SQL Server is Listening On
The other day I was asked to provide the port number that a SQL Server instance was listening on. As...
Help with Performance
Performance is always one of the most important things a DBA can learn to deal with. It's also one of the more nebulous arts to learn. Today Steve Jones shares some thoughts on how we might better help people learn.
Determining An Enterprise Execution Policy Setting
Windows PowerShell has the concept of execution policy that determines in which cases script and configuration files are able to...
Troubleshoot Database Concurrency in SQL Server with sp_locks
sp_locks is a useful tool which can help a DBA in detecting and troubleshooting blocking and concurrency scenarios. This article demonstrates a worked example of using sp_locks to troubleshoot a database concurrency issue.
Analyzing Product Growth with the Management Data Warehouse
This article presents a case study of using the Management Data Warehouse feature in SQL Server 2008 to analyze disk usage trends by product.
Ready for Inspection
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Are you ready for an inspection at work? Are you really running your environment in a way that would make you proud? Andy has some thoughts about sticking to your policies and procedures.
TSQL Challenge 44 – Identify products that belong to each unique color
The first part of your job is to identify the unique color combinations of products and the second part is to identify the products that have the given color combination.
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T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
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I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Squared Values
What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
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