SQL Server Save Time Managing Multiple Servers With Central Management Servers
Central Management Servers give us a way to manage a collection of SQL Servers as one, a query executed against...
2018-05-15
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Gavin Draper
SQL Server Building On Calculations With APPLY
I find myself using Apply more and more in my queries, aside from the usual reasons I’ve been finding I...
2018-05-14
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SQL Server Management Studio Intermittently Hangs Browsing a Database
If you’re seeing SSMS hang/lock timeouts when expanding nodes in the object explorer for a database it’s almost definitely caused...
2018-05-13
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SQL Server Corruption - Bring Order Out Of Chaos
I wanted to document a couple of important tasks you should be doing as part of your SQL Server maintenance/backup...
2018-05-12
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SQL Server Database Snapshots
What Are They
Database snapshots are a readonly point in time version of a database. You can use them for things...
2018-05-11
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SQL Server Partition Swapping
When working with large amounts of data in ETL jobs it can often can sink a lot of time inserting...
2018-05-10
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SQL Server Snapshot vs Read Committed Snapshot
For a quick introduction to transaction isolation levels see my previous post on them.
Once snapshot isolation is enabled on a...
2018-05-08
1,088 reads
SQL Server Why Isn't My Transaction Log Truncating
The Transaction log growing is completely normal however there are situations where a transaction log can get to a state...
2018-05-07
55 reads
SQL Server Trace Flags
Trace Flags are a way to change the behavior of the SQL Server database engine. They are often used for...
2018-05-06
83 reads
Avoid Errors With using SNAPSHOT Isolation From Transactions Under Different Isolation Levels
For older systems where the move to READ COMMITTED SNAPSHOT (RCSI) might not be an option or you’re running a...
2018-05-05
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Blogs
Can I Change a Primary Key Value? #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I heard someone say recently that you can’t change a primary key value in...
SQL Server Index Primer
By Kevin3NF
Indexes 101: What, Why, and When? “What Is an Index?” I get this question...
Secure Azure SQL Server Backups Using Managed Identities
By Arun Sirpal
I do believe most people know about the ability to backup your SQL server...
Forums
Just a rant about the SQL Server 2022 upgrade
Upgrading an instance of SQL Server 2019 to SQL Server 2022 - I am...
Report Server Configuration Manager - The target principal name is incorrect SSL
SQL Server SSRS 2022. Running into ' SSL Provider, error: 0 - The target...
Report Server Configuration Manager - Change Database - SSL Error
SQL Server SSRS 2022. Running into ' SSL Provider, error: 0 - The target...
Question of the Day
Getting the TEXTSIZE
How can I check what value I used for TEXTSIZE? I ran this code:
SET TEXTSIZE 8096But then deleted the code and couldn't remember. Is there a way to check this? See possible answers