Backup File Inventory
Are you using Ola Hallengren's Maintenance Solution? Here's a Python script that helps you keep track of your backup file inventory.
Crafting Your Resume
Today Steve Jones talks about how you can present yourself better within the confines of a resume.
Microsoft IT: A Case Study on “Hekaton” against RPM
I/O latch can cause session delays that impact application performance. This white paper describes the procedures and common I/O latch issues when migrating to Hekaton in SQL Server 2014. It also includes challenges that occurred during the migration and the performance analysis at different stages.
Create/write to an Excel 2007/2010 spreadsheet from an SSIS package
Excel spreadsheets are useful for distributing data generated by SQL Server. EPPlus is an open source .NET library that reads/writes Excel 2007/2010 files using the Open Office XML format (XLSX). It is a mature project, and plays well with SSIS.
The Market
This Friday Steve Jones asks about the market price for your skills. Do you know what it is?
Correct SQL Server TempDB Spills in Query Plans Caused by Outdated Statistics
Sergey Gigoyan looks at how to address the warning: Operator used tempdb to spill data during execution with spill level 1.
Design a Better SQL Server Pricing Model
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that talks about SQL Server the no one's favorite topic: licensing.
Microsoft Azure DocumentDB
Microsoft's DocumentDB is a late-entrant in the Document-oriented database field. However, it benefits from being designed from the start as a cloud service with a SQL-like language. It is intended for mobile and web applications. Its JSON document-notation is compatible with the integrated JavaScript language that drives its multi-document transaction processing via stored procedures, triggers and UDFs. Robert Sheldon investigates its SQL-like query language.
Hard Data v Gut Feel
Data is more important than gut feel, or at least, Steve Jones thinks it should be more important. Today he talks about using data to support decisions.
Network Load Testing Using iPerf
Tim Radney of SQLskills shows how to measure your network so you have more ammo to take to your network team when there is a performance issue.
Blogs
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...
Free Webinar about Columnstore Indexes
I’m doing a small series on indexing basics for SQL Server, and on May...
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SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
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