Execution Plan Properties
I’ve watched several people recently go straight to XML when reading execution plans because they didn’t know about the execution plan properties in the first operator. Now, don’t get...
2022-03-14
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Blog Posts
Expert Series Webinar – Optimizing SQL Server Data Protection
I’m thrilled to be presenting the second part of a four-part webinar series with ActualTech Media called “Optimizing SQL Server on VMware Data Protection and Disaster Recovery” this Friday,...
2022-03-14
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I’m writing a SQL Server security presentation and I need your help.
I’m working on a new presentation titled Watch Ken solve security headaches in SQL Server. In this presentation I’m going ... Continue reading
2022-03-14 (first published: 2022-02-24)
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Unable to Validate Source Query in Tabular Editor
I recently encountered the error, “Unable to validate source query” when trying to refresh the metadata for the tables in my tabular model using Tabular Editor. I immediately googled...
2022-03-14 (first published: 2022-02-22)
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Execute SQL Scripts on Snowflake using Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory has a new activity introduced this week (around the 10th of March 2022 for you future readers): the Script activity! This is not to be confused...
2022-03-13
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Azure Redundancy for Storage
This is part of a series on my preparation for the DP-900 exam. This is the Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals, part of a number of certification paths. You can...
2022-03-11 (first published: 2022-02-23)
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Daily Coping 11 Mar 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-03-11
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How to find tables with 0 records using space
This is a follow up post to the previous one about tables with no records using data space, with the idea coming from twitter of all places. Sometimes on...
2022-03-11
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Recipe 3: Merging and manipulating events
Welcome to the third recipe of this Extended Events cookbook! You will find the first blog post of the series here and you can browse all recipes with the...
2022-03-11 (first published: 2022-02-24)
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Database Code Reviews
I’ll be honest, ever since I did a SQL Homework about doing code reviews I’ve wanted to do a blog ... Continue reading
2022-03-10
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Blogs
A New Word: Immerensis
By Steve Jones
immerensis – n. the maddening inability to understand the reasons why someone loves you...
Deploy a Dockerized Python TODO App to Azure Container Apps Using Pulumi and Azure Key Vault
In this post, I will guide you on how to deploy a dockerized simple...
Using a Local Large Language Model (LLM): Running Ollama on Your Laptop
You can now run powerful LLMs like Llama 3.1 directly on your laptop using...
Forums
SQL Server is terminating in response to a 'stop' request from Service error
Dear All, In one of the server its repeatedly restarting sqlserver services and not...
Understanding CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY in SQL Server
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Database Files on Shares I
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Database Files on Shares I
I want to store database files on a file share for a SQL Server 2017 instance. Can I use \\fileserver\D$ as a location?
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