A Brute Force Way to Compress a Database
There are a handful of scripts out there to compress all of of the objects in your SQL 2008 database...
2010-11-09
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A Brute Force Way to Compress a Database
There are a handful of scripts out there to compress all of of the objects in your SQL 2008 database...
2010-11-05
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When is that Restore Going to Finish?
I spent a good portion of last weekend restoring databases from backup due to a large release. Nothing went wrong,...
2010-10-27
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Stop Forgetting the DAC
From time to time I hear of DBAs that had to restart the SQL Server service on a 2005 or...
2010-10-06
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How Do I Spot Identity Columns That Are About to Max Out?
Every so often, usually in the middle of the night or on a holiday weekend, an identity column will hit...
2010-10-05
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Can Deadlocks be Resolved by Adding an Index?
Can Deadlocks be Resolved by Adding an Index? Yes. Really, I’m not kidding. Here, I’ll show you how.
First, let me...
2010-09-27
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A Little Help with Azure Please
Not long ago Microsoft announced a new product called Azure AKA “SQL Server in the Cloud”. I have to say...
2010-09-23
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What Did that Geek Just Say?
Working in a technical field has it’s ups and downs. One of the more common annoyances I run into is...
2010-09-21
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What Did that Geek Just Say?
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, maintains a Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures. The dictionary is a great place to go to find out what people...
2010-09-21
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What Did that Geek Just Say?
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, maintains a Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures. The dictionary is a great place to go to find out what people...
2010-09-21
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Forums
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Backup to Immutable Storage
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Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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