Removing Email from msdb Database
Is your msdb database growing bigger every day? If so you might want to consider purging some of the history records. Greg Larsen explains.
Identify Servers and the Databases Mounted in SharePoint
Identify the Database Server which is used to mount the database in Sharepoint 2010
Triggers: Threat or Menace?
Triggers are generally over-used in SQL Server. They are only rarely necessary, can cause performance issues, and are tricky to maintain If you use them, it is best to keep them simple, and have only one operation per trigger. Joe Celko describes a feature of SQL that 'gets complicated fast'.
Technology Guilt
Technology has made many advances in the world, but it has also eliminated many jobs. This Friday's poll asks how you feel about that as a technology worker.
Memory Limits in SQL Server 2016 SP1
Aaron Bertrand explains a few details about the memory limits in SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 that make this upgrade even more compelling.
Column Store vs Row Store Indexes
How does a column store index compare to a (traditional)row store index with regards to performance
How to read the SQL Server Database Transaction Log
Manvendra Singh takes a look at a SQL Server function that you can use to read the transaction log to see what entries are made for database transactions.
Blogs
Accelerating AI with Confidence: Why Microsoft Purview is Key to Responsible Innovation
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A Prompt AI Experiment
By Steve Jones
Prompt AI released recently and I decided to try a few things with the...
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statistics callection intervel in query store ?
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Rounding Off issue in SQL Server
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how to get notification that my database has corssed 8gb
i have sqlexpress on rds, is there any way i can get notifacation that...
Question of the Day
SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation
A table without a clustered index (heap) will NOT suffer from fragmentation during frequent updates or deletes. True or False?
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