Shrink Database Log Files One by One
Learn how you can shrink your transaction log files serially, one by one.
2023-03-31
5,121 reads
Manie Verster
- Interests: Photography, Programming, Computer Games
The Importance of Reading Comments
Read when you search for help on the internet. You might miss a very important part of what you must do.
2013-06-10
4,893 reads
Missing row numbers
I had a request from a client who prints a lot of cheques each month and there control over the cheques went a bit haywire. The requested me to create some controls in their system to make sure that the cheques are use in cheque number sequence.
2009-01-20
1,125 reads
Knowledge sharing
This article talks about the sharing of knowledge in forums such as SQLServerCentral.
2008-11-25
3,330 reads
Patindex
This artcle by new author Manie Verster examines the use of the PATINDEX function in T-SQL.
2008-09-11
10,458 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Multiple Deployment Processes
How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How to Use sqlpackage to...
Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
See possible answers