Collect SQL Server/Process Information - Quickly
Execute this script to get information on SQL server, databases, processes, memory, buffer, locks, etc.
2011-04-21 (first published: 2009-09-03)
5,612 reads
Monitoring
Saving Time with Proactive DBA Monitoring
Monitoring your SQL Server instances and tracking metrics is an important part of a stable environment. New author Sadequl Hussain brings us a description of his technique for doing this across multiple servers.
2009-07-21
9,833 reads
Monitoring group of Linked Sql Servers from a Sql Server
The main purpose of article is to understand how to monitor group of Linked Sql Servers from a Sql Server.
2009-07-08
2,443 reads
Tracking and Reporting Database Growth
An article from new author Lokesh Gunjugnur that shows how you can set up tracking for database growth on multiple servers and creating custom reports in Excel.
2009-06-02
14,363 reads
Monitor Any Linked Server From SQL 2000
Best way to monitor Excel, Access, SQL Linked Servers from SQL 2000
2008-07-11 (first published: 2008-06-03)
1,589 reads
Monitor Any Linked Server From SQL 2005
Best way to monitor Excel, Access, SQL Linked Servers from SQL 2005
2011-12-19 (first published: 2008-06-03)
3,283 reads
Who did what?
This select will show the last sql statement for every open session plus many helpfull information.
2012-01-13 (first published: 2008-03-04)
4,167 reads
Monitoring on a Budget - Part 2
As a follow up to my first article “Monitoring on a Budget”, here’s how we present the fact data to management using Microsoft Excel.
2008-01-28
5,492 reads
Disk Space Usage and SQL Server Performance
Every extra byte of space you waste in your database causes a performance hit to your application. This article looks at disk space usage and how it affects performance.
2008-01-08
7,011 reads
Monitoring on a Budget
Have you ever been asked for information you couldn't provide because you didn't have an historical monitoring tool? Try this
2007-11-19
9,143 reads
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Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
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