Maintenance Plan Owner – Back to Basics
We all inherit things from time to time through our profession. Sometimes we inherit some good things, sometimes we inherit...
2018-12-13
226 reads
SQL RNNR
Maintenance Plan Owner – Back to Basics
Have you ever taken over a server that had several maintenance plans on it? Have you ever really checked who the owner of those plans is? Or, maybe you...
2018-12-13
44 reads
To Influence or Be Influenced?
How have you impacted somebody in the community?
Well, have I come up with a doozy of a topic for this...
2018-12-11
189 reads
To Influence or Be Influenced?
Getting feedback from others is that little check that is needed to help progress and move in the right direction. When allowing time and opportunity for feedback from others,...
2018-12-11
3 reads
The Mystery of Missing Backup Files
Yoink – Backups Gone
Not only is this mystery of missing backup files worth discussing now, but has been a mystery worth...
2018-12-10
318 reads
The Mystery of Missing Backup Files
Managing database backups is a critical role of the successful DBA. Understanding what the backup plan is and ensuring backups occur on schedule is not always transparent to the...
2018-12-10
4 reads
Capture the Flag – The Trace Flag
Many people work in a tightly controlled environment. Every change requires a change control form and approval to make a...
2018-12-25 (first published: 2018-12-06)
2,521 reads
Capture the Flag – The Trace Flag
Despite the controls in place there always seems to be some change that is unknown or even some cowboy that makes changes as s/he sees fit and forgets to...
2018-12-06
92 reads
T-SQL Tuesday 109: Influence Somebody Invite
How have you impacted somebody in the community?
It has now been 28 months since the last time I hosted a...
2018-12-04
226 reads
T-SQL Tuesday 109: Influence Somebody Invite
Building on the work of these three fine individuals, here comes the difficult task. You have been the benefactor of some awesome help from somebody else. You even wrote...
2018-12-04
4 reads
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
Which 'Where' statement conditional upon a variable
Thanks in advance for any clues on this. I am trying to write a...
Backup to Immutable Storage
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Backup to Immutable Storage
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Microsoft Security Changes and SQL...
Question of the Day
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?
See possible answers