Attaching Multiple SQL Server Databases with DBCC CHECKPRIMARYFILE
Introduction Attaching databases in SQL Server can be a routine yet sometimes time-consuming task for Database Administrators (DBAs). […]
Database Administration
Azure SQL Serverless: Discover What’s new and Increase Your Savings
Before jumping into the news and code, let’s start from the beginning: Why does someone use Azure […]
Resolving Access Denied Errors During SQL Server Database Attachment
Introduction Database administrators regularly detach and attach databases as part of their daily tasks. During this process, they […]
How to Attach and Detach Databases in SQL Server
Introduction Managing databases in SQL Server requires a solid understanding of various methods for transferring and maintaining data. […]
SQL Server Forced Plans Overwite the Query Hash
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Attaching an SQL Server database without Transaction Log Files through ...
Introduction In SQL Server, the transaction log file is essential for keeping your database reliable and durable. It […]
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 […]
Step by step guide to setup PostgreSQL on Docker
Introduction PostgreSQL is a powerful open-source relational database management system with robust features for handling large datasets and […]
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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Thoughts Before Speaking at the Software Architecture Conference
Tomorrow, August 15, I have yet another conference where I’ll speak about MySQL’s performance. To be more […]
Using Query Store to Identify CPU Intensive SQL Queries and ...
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It’s a recovery strategy, not a backup strategy
I’ve talked about it before; you shouldn’t have a backup strategy, you should have a recovery strategy. […]
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 […]
Getting Your DBA Teams Scripts into Git
One of the things that many teams of DBAs have is a set of scripts they use in […]
Snake draft sorting in SQL Server, part 4
In the previous posts in this series (part 1, part 2, part 3), I described how I […]
Snake draft sorting in SQL Server, part 3
In part 2 of this series, I showed an example implementation of distributing a long-running workload in […]
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 […]
Database Subsetting and Data Extraction
Let’s start by defining a subset and why you would require a data subset? When dealing with […]
Snake draft sorting in SQL Server, part 2
In my previous post, I showed how to borrow a snake draft concept from fantasy football, or […]
Snake draft sorting in SQL Server, part 1
I recently had a restore job where I needed to split the work up into multiple parallel […]
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 […]
Get the most out of SQL Server Agent logs
If you haven’t migrated your workloads to a managed database platform yet, you’re probably still relying on […]
Live webinar: How to excel at managing multiple database platforms
The use of multiple database platforms is on the rise, however, managing them can be challenging, with issues […]
Upgrade SQL Server on your workstation
Lately, I’ve seen many people struggling to upgrade their workstation to the latest version of SQL Server. […]
Leave it better than you found it
This is for the folks who still have to log into remote machines and do work manually […]
The Importance of Retention
It is always an afterthought. New objects are created that start off small and current. New feature […]
Optimized locking in Azure SQL Database
I don’t think I’ve ever had a great impression of Azure SQL Database as a place for […]
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 […]