Is the old stuff worth learning?
Often we are encouraged to learn the latest things, but sometimes the old stuff is worth knowing too.
Query Plan Oddities: Two Identical Missing Indexes
Brent demos a single query plan that asks for 2 identical indexes on the same table.
The Case of the Shrinking CFO, err Database
Shrink SQL Server databases quickly and with virtually no contention.
Why Haven’t You Upgraded SQL Server?
Kathi Kellenberger wonders what's keeping your business from upgrading.
Cascading Update and Delete for SQL Server 2017 Temporal Tables
Ameena Lalani looks at cascading updates and deletes when using temporal tables in SQL Server.
Securing Reporting Services Reports
Learn how you can get the userid of someone connected to Reporting Services and use that information to determine if they can view the report.
VMs for Development
Many technical people use Virtual Machines to build their own lab or test environment. Today Steve Jones asks how you've built your setup.
New Azure SQL Database Standard Tier Sizes
Tim Radney of SQLskills talks about the various Standard tiers available in Azure SQL Database – what they get you, and how much they cost.
Data Security Policies
Does your organization have policies around data security? Perhaps they should, or perhaps you should ask for some to be created and education available for users.
Blogs
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
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Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2022
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Minimum Change Tracking Retention
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Question of the Day
Minimum Change Tracking Retention
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=xxx);What is the minimum amount of time I can set? See possible answers