Creating Azure Database for MySQL and using Azure Cloud Shell
After using Microsoft SQL Server for over 10 years going back to MySQL feels weird BUT with Azure it is...
2017-05-15
383 reads
Arun Sirpal
SQL Server Wait Types Library – UPGRADED!
Have you heard of SQLskills? Have you heard of the waits library? If not then where have you been hiding?...
2017-05-11
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Extended Events – I am dangerous (sometimes)
I did a dangerous thing, and I want to make sure that YOU DO NOT do the same. I was...
2017-05-09
340 reads
SQL Server Recovering Data via a Hex Editor
I got bored (really bored) one weekend I decided to challenge myself. I had corruption within a specific table (localised...
2017-05-08
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Comparing Plans via Query Store
A small but nice little feature I have been using recently can be found within Query Store. Let’s say you...
2017-05-04
310 reads
Adaptive Query Processing – Interleaved Execution
A quick blog post to start the day, If you remember a few months ago I blogged about SQL Server...
2017-05-02
473 reads
SQLBits Review
I promised a recap/review on my first SQLBits event so I finally got around to it, hopefully you will find...
2017-04-26
488 reads
Redgate: SQL Search
I seriously finding searching for objects within SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) via object explorer slow, manual and fiddly especially...
2017-04-25
441 reads
I Escaped from a SQL Server Service Pack Nightmare
I hope you take backups or have a recovery plan in place before a SQL Server service pack upgrade, if...
2017-04-24
351 reads
Getting intimate with Brent Ozar (The First Responder Kit)
Imagine this scenario, you are a database professional at your place of business and you look after a mountain of SQL...
2017-04-12
498 reads
Blogs
Using Flyway Prepare for State-Based Deployments
By Steve Jones
One of the neat enhancements made to Flyway was the addition of state-based workflows...
How I Migrated to Azure PostgreSQL Flex from Single Server
I did a couple of posts previously on dumping/restoring Azure PostgreSQL databases and also...
Have a Plan for Your Personal Downtime
By Brian Kelley
Most of us know that spending a lot of time on social media and...
Forums
Issue with Creating Linked Server from Azure SQL Managed Instance to On-Premises
Hi, Interestingly, I was able to create a linked server in the reverse direction—from...
SQL Monitoring tools
our client wants to implement Third Party SQL Monitoring tool to monitor SQL server...
PowerQuery.... don't meet SSIS
I have a powerQuery that reads and transforms a table in a PDF. Works...