Mastering TempDB: Managing TempDB growth
The series so far: Mastering TempDB: The basics Mastering TempDB: Managing TempDB growth As you learned in part one of this Mastering TempDB series, TempDB is a global resource used for many operations within SQL Server. You create and allocate tempora …
Our Monday Links Email is 10 Years Old.
I’ve been celebrating the 20th anniversary of BrentOzar.com, but it just so happens that this year marks another fun anniversary. Ten years ago, way back in 2011, I wrote: You’re overworked. You don’t have the time to sit around …
Five facts about the SQL Server Tempdb Database
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Migrating SSIS packages to Azure – Lift and Shift using Azure Data Factory
Unlike an on premises SQL Server, Integration Services (SSIS) works very differently on Azure. If there are requirements to run our existing SSIS packages on Azure, then we need to understand our options. In this article we will talk about our opt …
SQL Templates and Code Snippets in SSMS and SQL Prompt
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Documenting a SQL Server Data Catalog in HTML and Git Markdown
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Azure AD Authentication for Azure SQL Databases
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Where I See Databases Going in the Next 10 Years
This month, to mark the 20th anniversary of BrentOzar.com, I’m stepping back and looking at the big picture rather than blogging about database problems & solutions like I usually do. I’m going to generalize a little by decade here to k …
Getting a Query Execution Plan in PostgreSQL
Introduction You often need to check the performance of a PostgreSQL query you just wrote to look for some way to improve performance. In order to do this, you need a report of the query execution, which is called the execution plan). The query executi …
It’s Been Decades. Why Don’t Databases Manage Themselves Yet?
This month, to mark the 20th anniversary of BrentOzar.com, I’m stepping back and looking at the big picture rather than blogging about database problems & solutions like I usually do. A much younger me When I started working with databases, w …
Encrypt and Decrypt Passwords in SQL Server with PowerShell
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What Does a Database Administrator Actually Do?
BrentOzar.com is 20 years old, and I’m celebrating by being a little retrospective and future-looking this month. Today, I’m publishing a post that I could have published 10 years ago, or maybe 20 years ago, and maybe even 10 years from now …
Delete SQL Statement in SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL
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Reusing Query Results in SSMS
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Using Non-SQL Languages in Azure Data Studio
Azure Data Studio (ADS) is a lightweight IDE built on Visual Studio Code. I’ve written a few articles on how ADS works, shown here: Getting Started with Azure Data Studio Getting Comfortable Writing Code in Azure Data Studio Using Notebooks in Azure Da …