The New Lightweight Query Plan Profile Hint
SQL Server 2016 & 2017 enable a new way to get query performance metrics live via Extended Events.
Always On - Endpoint Ownership
Whoever creates an AlwaysOn group is, by default, the owner of the endpoint. This is generally not a problem…unless that person leaves the company and you need to delete the login.
Holidays as Benefits
When you take a job, do you ask about holidays? Do you consider them a benefit? Andy Warren asks what those holidays might mean to you.
Basic Administration Tasks - Level 5 of the Stairway to for Azure SQL Database
In this next level, learn how to accomplish a few simple administration tasks that may help you manage your Azure SQL Database.
Rolling Back Migrations
The ways that one rolls back deployed database changes gets more complex with the migration development philosophy.
Generate HTML Formatted Email of SQL Server Database Consistency Check Errors
In this tip we look at to create a SQL Server DBCC CHECKDB errors email formatted in an HTML table. This will report any errors for all of your databases on the server.
Posting SQL Server notifications to Slack
Learn how you can post notifications from SQL Server directly to a Slack channel.
Scheduling SQL Server Tasks on Linux
In this tip we look at how to schedule SQL Server tasks on Linux servers using Cron.
Blogs
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
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A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
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This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
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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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