A Tidy Database is a Fast Database: Why Index Management ...
Everyone knows that indexes make databases faster, well not everyone as I once came across a team that […]
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Uncover SQL Server Missing Indexes
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How to Delete Large Amounts of Data in Microsoft SQL ...
Deleting large volumes of data in Microsoft SQL Server can be a challenging task. If not done correctly, […]
SQL Index Rebuild vs Reorganize Comparison
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Raising the Cost Threshold for Parallelism (CTFP) Affects SQL Server ...
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How to Add a New Shared Disk to a WSFC ...
DBAs often face situations when the disk gets full for user database files, logs, or system database files. […]
Using Query Store to Identify CPU Intensive SQL Queries and ...
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How much Space can I expect to recover from a ...
In my last article – Identify Tables With Dropped Columns – we saw how we can identify tables […]
What happens when we drop a column on a SQL ...
Short answer: The column is marked as ‘deleted’ and will stop being visible/usable. But, most importantly – The […]
Check Azure SQL DB Space Used
A couple of days ago I was doing some cleaning on some Azure SQL DBs and shrinking some […]
Find Unused or Backup Tables
In this article, I am going to demonstrate how we can identify the unused tables of a given […]
Deploying Azure SQL Database Using an ARM Template
Provisioning infrastructure in a timely and reliable manner is essential for agile development. One well-liked method that lets […]
Backup SQL Server on Linux Databases using SQL Server Agent ...
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The Profiler Extension in Azure Data Studio (ADS)
Azure Data Studio (ADS) is a lightweight IDE built on Visual Studio Code. I’ve written a few articles […]
Understanding Maximum Server Memory in SQL SERVER
Editor: For SQL developers looking to optimize their SQL Server’s performance, one crucial aspect to understand and implement […]
Sending resource alerts on Managed Instance using db_mail
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Identify log write limits on Azure SQL Managed Instance using ...
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SQL Server Fragmentation Impact with Modern Hardware
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Different Ways to Populate the List of Tables
A database administrator has various tasks and responsibilities. Managing and keeping track of the database is one of […]
Building a Database Dashboard with SSRS
A database dashboard is a graphical user interface (GUI) that summarizes the key performance indicators (KPIs) for a […]
T-SQL Scripts to generate the HTML-formatted database storage report
This article explains the T-SQL scripts that can be used to manage and monitor the disk space on […]
Using Azure Data Studio to Deploy a SQL Server VM ...
Introduction Sometimes we need to deploy many SQL Servers on Azure in the enterprise environment. Wwe can do […]
How to Find the SQL Server Instance Startup Time
This article explains the different methods to find the startup time of an SQL Server. We can use […]
Understanding the System Function FILEPROPERTY()
The SQL Server system function, FILEPROPERTY(), is used to retrieve database file properties. I will show you use […]
Getting More Information From the String or Binary Data Truncated ...
One of the more annoying things that I have dealt with in SQL Server is inserting a large […]
Linked Servers: a Peek Behind the Curtain
We recently received a support call from a Gallium Data user. He was executing queries on his instance […]