Maintenance Plan clean up task - not working to plan
A colleague of mine who is getting to grips with SQL Server had an issue after creating and implementing a...
Managing Transaction Logs in SQL Server
The Transaction Log provides the means by which either the complete set of tasks of a database transaction are performed or none of them are. It ensures that , via rollback, only valid data is written out to the database, and it allows transactions to be played back to recreate the system state right before a failure. Robert Sheldon explains the various basic tasks involved in managing the transaction log.
Just SQL Auth
Would you like to have only SQL Server Authentication on your instances? That's the subject of this Friday's poll.
Undocumented Extended and Stored Procedures
Some useful undocumented extended and stored procedures in SQL Server 2005
Interview with the Scary DBA - Grant Fritchey
or our first feature on working DBAs and their lives, we selected Grant Fritchey, the self-styled Scary DBA, who has been so successful in the past year with his books and presentations. How does he manage to pack so much into his life? We sent Richard Morris to find out.
Just SQL Auth
Would you like to have only SQL Server Authentication on your instances? That's the subject of this Friday's poll.
Just SQL Auth
Would you like to have only SQL Server Authentication on your instances? That's the subject of this Friday's poll.
Just SQL Auth
Would you like to have only SQL Server Authentication on your instances? That's the subject of this Friday's poll.
MDX, DMX, and XMLA Templates
One of the most underused features in SSMS is the additional templates that are available for MDX, DMX, and XMLA....
SQL Lunch Recordings Now Available
After several tries I think we finally have it working. If you were unable to attend the last two SQLLunches,...
Blogs
KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 6
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A cryptic message, a book cipher hidden in art provenance records, and a trail...
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
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Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
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Five Intelligent Query Processing Features in SQL Server 2022 That Quietly Tune Your Workload
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Checking the Error Log I
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Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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