2008-11-28
3,782 reads
Administration
SQL Server Preproduction Tasks
What are some of the things that you need to do before you sign off and hand it over to production? What do you need to do to keep the server running smoothly?
2008-11-26
7,376 reads
2008-11-25
3,388 reads
2008-11-17
3,787 reads
2008-12-23 (first published: 2008-11-10)
2,945 reads
The Ultimate PK-Less / CLIDX-Less Table Finder
Lists Schema/Object of tables that are missing a Primary Key or Clustered Index, along with aggregate data for size, rows, indexes, and columns.
2009-10-02 (first published: 2008-11-05)
1,138 reads
The Ultimate Table Searcher Mk2
Searches for tables who's names contain the search string. Gives Aggregate Size, Rows, Index, and Column information as well.
2009-10-20 (first published: 2008-11-04)
895 reads
Managing Transaction Logs
A great article that should answer all your questions about the transaction log from MVP Gail Shaw. A must read for all DBAs.
2012-01-03 (first published: 2008-10-31)
73,145 reads
2013-12-06 (first published: 2008-10-16)
34,075 reads
2009-04-17 (first published: 2008-10-15)
1,111 reads
Blogs
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,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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