Dharmendra Keshari

Dharmendra is a SQL Server/Microsoft Data Platform professional with over eight years of experience. He enjoys helping others in the SQL Server community and does this by contributing on blogs, speaking at several SQL events. His passion and focus is to explore and share more and more on SQL Server.

Install SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu (Linux)

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

With the release of SQL Server vNext CTP 1.4, the SQL Server Agent support is included. It enables DBAs to...

2017-06-16

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Log File Space Issue Monitoring Using SQL Server DMV

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

As a continuation of “Database Monitoring using DMV” series, this blog will cover how quickly you can address the log...

2017-06-14 (first published: 2017-05-31)

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SQL SERVER ON LINUX INSTALLATION – PART4 – Install SQL Server Tools on Ubuntu – Updated!

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

Installing SQL Server on Linux does not install SQL Server tools by default. You have to install it individually. In...

2017-06-13

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SQL Server 2017 – DMF – sys.dm_db_log_info

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

The release of Microsoft SQL Server 2017 brought a lot of very interesting new features. One of them is the...

2017-06-12

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Top Function – Performance Gain

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

Recently, I presented at Singapore SQL Pass Chapter on the topic T-SQL Fun, and the most of the attendees were...

2017-06-05

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Configure Distribution Database

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

In this blog, we are going to learn about the Distribution database, how to configure the Distribution database, and how...

2017-05-18 (first published: 2017-05-06)

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SQL Server 2017 – The operating system returned the error 21

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

Recently, I was exploring SQL Server 2017 CTP 2.0 using SQL Server Management Studio V17. Till the time, I was...

2017-05-15

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SQL Server 2017 sys.dm_os_enumerate_fixed_drives

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

In SQL Server 2017, you can use the new DMV sys.dm_os_enumerate_fixed_drives to identify free disk space. The DMV is replacement...

2017-05-15

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Setting Up a Subscription

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

In the last two blogs, we went through Configure Distribution Database and Publication Creation. If you haven’t read them, I...

2017-05-10

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Setting Up a Publication for Transaction Replication

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

In the previous blog, we discussed how to Configure Distribution Database. Once you setup your Distribution database successfully, you can...

2017-05-09

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Blogs

T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup

By hellosqlkitty

This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...

Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access

Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...

Off to Live 360

I am off to Live 360 today, on my last trip of the year....

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Forums

Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats?

By Brandie Tarvin

I have an application team that is insisting on daily (and for some, weekly)...

how can i tell if our db2 driver is ms or ibm or other?

i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...

normal role member to be able to view list of other role members in his DB

Is this even possible ? Tried with grant but to no avail. [sys].[database_role_members] and...

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Question of the Day

A Strange Result

What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?

select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';

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