How to Read the Transaction Log File
Have you ever wanted to be able to see the actual transactions that are contained in the transaction log file? Greg Larsen shows you how to browse the transaction log using an undocumented function.
Improving Replication
If you have ideas for how to improve replication, Steve Jones is asking for them.
The Forgotten Editorial
Phil Factor reflects on the occasional benefits of document loss, whether accidental or less so.
Workplace Encounters: Using Volume Mount Points in SQL FCIs
How we overcame the A to Z Windows Drive-Letter limitation using Volume Mount Points
A DLM Approach to Database Testing
Database Lifecycle Management aims to make the development and modification of databases more predictable. Bugs are the source of more unpredictability than anything else, purely because it is so difficult to guess how long it will take to fix them. Good testing at all stages may take some time and effort, but it greatly reduces likelihood of the wildcard factor of the bug that is first detected during the deployment process; or worse, that gets into the production release.
The Traveling Data Professional
This week Steve Jones talks about the need to get away and asks if you have plans.
Getting Started with Azure SQL Data Warehouse - Part 5
In part 5 of this series covering Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Arshad Ali looks at performance optimization.
Where's the Ops in DevOps? Part 1
In the first of a three-part series, guest bloggers from DevOpsGuys look at the real role of Ops in DevOps. Where it changes, how it changes, and why Ops...
Backup Plans for Data Loss
Today Steve Jones discusses data loss, always a scary topic for the data professional.
How to Decipher sysschedules
Take the mystery out of sysschedules and interpret the data into a plain text format.
Blogs
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
VPN + SQL Server Connections: Why Long-Working Setups Suddenly Fail with Msg 10054 and “Connection Broken”
By Tim Radney
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been contacted by multiple customers experiencing the same...
Future IT Roles – Agentic Architect and AI Boom!!
By Vinay Thakur
These days everything is changing to AI World, IT roles are getting changed and...
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SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
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