Time to Change
I recently spent two days consulting with a company on their database development and deployment processes. They are a small, capable, team...
2015-08-19
751 reads
The Scary DBA
PASS Board Update: July 2015
I was actually travelling for most of July and some of that was on holiday with the family, the real...
2015-08-13
581 reads
Leadership: A Name and A Principle
I’m actively working to put together the leadership course that I talked about here and here. No, not full time. I...
2015-08-11
506 reads
Generating Estimated Plan and the Plan Cache
Does generating an Estimated Plan cause that plan to be loaded into the plan cache?
No.
What? Still here? You want more?...
2015-08-18 (first published: 2015-08-10)
1,776 reads
Reading Your Execution Plans
I’m putting the finishing touches on the all day seminar on execution plans that I’ll be putting on at DevConnections this...
2015-08-06
919 reads
PASS Needs You!
It’s time.
No more procrastinating. No more complaining about the process from the outside. No more excuses.
You have to run for...
2015-08-05
569 reads
Differences Between Actual & Estimated Plans
I have, in the past, made way too much of the need for Actual Plans when doing performance troubleshooting. The...
2015-08-03
862 reads
Hey Kids! Let’s Put on a Show at the Old Barn
Alternate Title: I’m traveling a bunch. Let’s get together and talk.
A bunch of trips and presentations coming up, so I...
2015-07-29
957 reads
Grant’s Fly-by-night Leadership Course – The Plan
Get a better nameDefine my personal goals for the courseI won’t be sharing these with you. I may share them...
2015-08-07 (first published: 2015-07-28)
1,879 reads
SQL Server Management Studio – Footloose and Fancy Free
That’s right. There’s been a divorce. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) has been divorced from the server product. In fact,...
2015-07-20
726 reads
Blogs
Using Flyway Prepare for State-Based Deployments
By Steve Jones
One of the neat enhancements made to Flyway was the addition of state-based workflows...
How I Migrated to Azure PostgreSQL Flex from Single Server
I did a couple of posts previously on dumping/restoring Azure PostgreSQL databases and also...
Have a Plan for Your Personal Downtime
By Brian Kelley
Most of us know that spending a lot of time on social media and...
Forums
Resolving Access Denied Errors During SQL Server Database Attachment
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The Lesser Used Functions
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SQL in an Azure VM Backup
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Question of the Day
SQL in an Azure VM Backup
If I use the Azure Backup service for automated backups of my SQL Servers in Azure VMs, how often can I configure log backups? (as of Dec 2024)
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