Moving On After a Technology Fail
After his watch broke, Steve had to get a new tool and isn't sure it was a good move.
Upgrade and Migrate SSIS Catalog and SSISDB to a New Server
There will come as time when you need to upgrade the host operating system and SQL Server to a newer version. If you are using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), one of the things you may need to do is to move the SSIS catalog (SSISDB database) to the new server. We will cover the steps in this tutorial to migrate the SSISDB from one server to another.
How to Resolve SQL Server Database Stuck in Recovery Pending State
Learn how to recover a database from a missing or corrupt transaction log file.
Is Ransomware Fading?
There is a report that less ransomware ransom is being paid. Perhaps that's a good sign for all of us.
Index Rebuilds Make Even Less Sense with ADR & RCSI
Accelerated Database Recovery (ADR) is a database-level feature that makes transaction rollbacks nearly instantaneous. Here’s how it works.
The Change Failure Rate
The number of times that you have a failure when deploying changes is a good metric to watch.
Find Text in Stored Procedure, Function, View, or Trigger
How can I accurately find which SQL Server Stored Procedures, Views or Functions are using a specific text string, which can be a table name or any string that is part of the code?
Limits, Not Goals
I just saw one of "those" questions. You know the ones: 'We're hitting an error with a stored procedure. What is the maximum number of parameters you can have?" <sigh> Look, I get it. Breaking the land speed record is cool. Getting the most people into a phone booth (look it up), also cool. Fastest, […]
How Much Linux Do You Need?
With SQL Server on Linux becoming more popular, Steve asks if you think you need to know much about that OS.
Implementing Vector Datatype with Azure SQL Server
This article shows how to insert data into a database, create embeddings, and then use this data to search the data with a natural language interface.
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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