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September 25, 2024 sys.dm_server_services - How to check if SQL Server service is running or not?
September 05, 2024 Msg 3023, Level 16, State 2 Backup, file manipulation operations (such as ALTER DATABASE ADD FILE) and encryption changes on a database must be serialized. Reissue the statement after the current backup or file manipulation operation is completed.
July 26, 2024 Can we restore a database to an older version in SQL Server?
April 30, 2024 How do I save all SQL Agent Jobs
March 11, 2024 How to view SQL Server mount point space without access to server
January 23, 2024 DBCC SHRINKFILE: page could not be moved because it is a work table page.
December 08, 2023 SQL Agent Last Modified explanation
July 20, 2023 Sql certificate chain was issued by an authority that is not trusted
July 10, 2023 sqlserver-dba.com switching from feedburner to follow.it
June 23, 2023 Taking transaction log backup and full back at the same time
June 06, 2023 How do I find hidden files taking up space?
May 26, 2023 How to find all tables with primary key SQL Server
May 17, 2023 How to find UDT on SQL Server columns?
May 03, 2023 Find LOB tables with no PRIMARY KEY
April 17, 2023 Trace flag 902 in SQL Server and Error 574
April 06, 2023 How to find SQL Filtered Indexes
March 27, 2023 Find SQL Server LOB Columns
March 20, 2023 How to find default values of all SQL Server columns
February 20, 2023 Tcp port is already in use.How do I check if a port is already in use?
February 07, 2023 How to find all identity columns in SQL Server
January 09, 2023 What is the difference between Always On Clustered and Always On Clusterless
December 15, 2022 How do I check my cross DB ownership chaining?
November 17, 2022 Disable a SQL Agent Job not working
October 19, 2022 What does it mean when a file is modified?
October 13, 2022 How can I check SQL Agent Job current status ?
October 05, 2022 How to enable SQL Server trace flags at startup
October 04, 2022 SQL Server user roles and permissions query
September 22, 2022 List Foreign Keys referencing tables in SQL Server
September 05, 2022 Does AWS RDS SQL Server support Dynamic Management Views ?
September 02, 2022 What is horizontal partitioning in SQL Server?
August 04, 2022 Reasons for Transaction Log Backup Chain breaking
August 02, 2022 Hashicorp Vault curl for VBA
July 06, 2022 Column-level encryption vs Always encrypted
July 05, 2022 The simple guide to column-level encryption
July 04, 2022 Help with Powershell functions
June 28, 2022 TLS versus MTLS: What is the difference
June 24, 2022 The fundamentals of AWS Cloud Security
June 23, 2022 Privacy Policy
June 21, 2022 TLS v SSL : which should you use
June 20, 2022 How to generate a self signed certificate for SQL Server with New-SelfSignedCertificate
June 09, 2022 How to set up SQL Server Column Level Encryption
May 26, 2022 How to list logins mapped to a database in SQL Server
May 12, 2022 How to drop login on AWS RDS SQL Server without sysadmin using Hashicorp Vault
May 09, 2022 How to get Cluster File Share Witness sharepath with Powershell
May 03, 2022 A simple guide to Transparent Data Encryption in AWS RDS SQL Server
April 25, 2022 A simple guide to Hashicorp and SQL Server Secrets Engine
April 08, 2022 How to fix Warning: The certificate you created is expired
March 30, 2022 SQLCMD uses OLEDB as a client interface
March 15, 2022 A summary of creating a trust relationship between on-premises domain and AWS Directory Service
March 11, 2022 Best practices for running Microsoft Active Directory Services on AWS
March 10, 2022 SQL Server Blocking Reading List
March 09, 2022 How to migrate your SQL Server database to Amazon RDS
March 03, 2022 A simple guide to Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access
February 25, 2022 A guide to restore a TDE database backup to another SQL Server Instance
February 23, 2022 Impact on TDE encryption in progress on SQL Server restart
January 24, 2022 Tested TDE with Instant File Initialization on SQL Server databases
January 19, 2022 How to Benchmark SQL Server for a hardware migration
January 13, 2022 How to get members of BUILTIN\ADMINISTRATORS with Powershell
December 21, 2021 How to return the character values based on ASCII character number values
December 15, 2021 How to check SSL encryption is enabled on SQL Server with Powershell
December 14, 2021 How to check Enforce a Password policy is enabled on SQL Server
December 09, 2021 Focus on OLDEST_PAGE as a factor that can delay LOG truncation
December 07, 2021 How to view SQL Server Password Configurations
November 29, 2021 How to detect if the SQL guest account is disabled
November 25, 2021 How to get last logon of user on Domain Controllers using Powershell
November 23, 2021 How to INSERT INTO EXEC with extra column
November 19, 2021 Microsoft Ignite Book of News
November 18, 2021 How to Run SSMS as a different user
November 16, 2021 Automatically Indexing Millions of Databases in Microsoft Azure SQL Database
November 10, 2021 My Top 4 sessions at PASS Data Community Summit 2021
November 09, 2021 How to get the SQL View definition
November 02, 2021 How to copy Powershell data to Clipboard
October 20, 2021 SQL Server 2019 upgrade considerations
October 07, 2021 How to use Database Compatibility to increase your migration success
October 04, 2021 How to start SSMS as a different Windows login
September 23, 2021 How to capture SQL login details with Extended Events
September 15, 2021 How to add members to the Administrators group with Powershell
September 07, 2021 How to view the current Powershell session security permissions
August 31, 2021 How to get Active Directory Group Scope - Local Domain, Global Group, Universal Group with Powershell
August 26, 2021 How to resolve a hostname or ip address with Powershell
August 03, 2021 How can I execute t-sql with a Proxy account
July 29, 2021 AWS-RDS SQL Server limitations
July 26, 2021 Array-based replication versus vSphere Replication
July 14, 2021 How to fix Invalid comparison due to NO COLLATION
July 12, 2021 How to fix BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup
July 02, 2021 How to recover SSMS auto recover scripts after crash
July 01, 2021 How to capture SQL Server database RESTORE details with Extended Events
June 22, 2021 Installing Ola Hallengren SQL Server Maintenance Solution on AWS RDS
June 21, 2021 Get free disk space for mount points using Powershell
June 14, 2021 How to check SSAS service status with Powershell
June 08, 2021 How to check SSRS service status with Powershell
June 04, 2021 How to get count of GROUP BY columns
June 02, 2021 How to fix operating system error code 80(The file exists.) in SQL Agent Job during BULK LOAD
June 01, 2021 How to check a SQL Server connection is encrypted with SSL
May 28, 2021 5 minutes in a DBA's head - Separating the Application and Database server
May 27, 2021 How to find a module for a powershell cmdlet with Get-Command
May 27, 2021 Banner ads for sqlserver-dba.com
May 24, 2021 How to fix Column in table is invalid for creating a default constraint
May 21, 2021 How to use SORT_IN_TEMPDB to increase your index rebuild performance
May 19, 2021 How to use your DNA knowledge to increase your DBA skills
May 14, 2021 How to fix the SSMS LoaderPackage package did not load correctly
May 11, 2021 How to register an SPN for SQL Server
May 10, 2021 How to get disk capacity from remote server using Powershell Get-PSDrive
April 30, 2021 How does the Service Principal Name process work
April 22, 2021 How to identify the the current user on Powershell
April 20, 2021 How to configure SQL Server static port with Powershell
April 19, 2021 How to capture deadlocks using system_health Extended Events
May 14, 2019 Powershell assign a drive and mount point
April 25, 2019 Difference between High Availability and Disaster Recovery
April 03, 2019 SQL Server Sysadmin Audit Report Powershell script
March 27, 2019 Does SQL Server install Visual Studio components
March 25, 2019 Powershell script to find SQL Server Instances on a Server
March 07, 2019 Powershell script function for disk free
March 04, 2019 Get Server Total Physical Memory with Powershell
February 19, 2019 How to start SSMS as Administrator
February 18, 2019 How to troubleshoot Avamar backup issues with avsql command line
February 07, 2019 How to unzip in Powershell
February 07, 2019 How to unzip in Powershell
January 31, 2019 Check SQL Agent Job Exceution Status and Messages Generated with a sql script
January 29, 2019 Could not clear 'DIFFERENTIAL' bitmap in database - Error: 3041, Severity: 16, State: 1.
January 23, 2019 Scripting variable not defined error during batch job
January 10, 2019 Service Broker - When to use for synchronizing databases
January 04, 2019 How to capture errors from SQLCMD
January 03, 2019 SQL Server Agent Top Tips
January 02, 2019 Difference between ORIGINAL_LOGIN() and CURRENT_USER
December 31, 2018 SQLSERVER-DBA.COM most read posts in 2018
December 28, 2018 The transaction log for database is full due to LOG_BACKUP
December 18, 2018 Day 2 Operations - Are you ready?
December 18, 2018 Guiding principles for new technologies and database servers
December 06, 2018 How to get SQL port number using xp_readererrorlog
December 03, 2018 Astronauts are taught this six-stage decision making process
November 28, 2018 Connection failed - SQL Server Error 772 - TCPIP Socket
November 23, 2018 TLS , SQL Server and powershell cmdlet - Get-TLSCipherSuite
November 22, 2018 Msg 9772, Level 16, State 1 - The Service Broker in database "xxxx" cannot be enabled because there is already an enabled Service Broker with the same ID.
November 05, 2018 Query VMWare vCenter VCDB database for guest power state = OFF
October 18, 2018 How to find the local tcp port used on SQL Server
October 05, 2018 SQL Server database roles and GDPR
October 03, 2018 Checking compatibility for a SQL Server database migration to Azure with sqlpackage.exe
October 01, 2018 How to enable MSDTC XA transactions with Powershell
September 26, 2018 How to create a graph table in SQL Serevr 2017
September 14, 2018 How to use parsename with SERVERPROPERTY('productversion')
September 09, 2018 Unable to start services after patching - msdb110_upgrade.sql' encountered error 574, state 0, severity 16.
September 07, 2018 How to convert sys.master_files size column into GB
September 04, 2018 Disaster recovery and database recovery error preparation
September 03, 2018 Hacker Habituals
August 29, 2018 Powershell Script - Backup SQL databases to a remote drive
August 28, 2018 Backup a SQL database to a remote drive
August 23, 2018 How to find a SQL schema owner name
August 10, 2018 Manipulate a SQL recordset row with ROW_NUMBER,CTE and CASE
August 01, 2018 Jack Vamvas CV
July 18, 2018 Connect SQL Server to AS400 with a Linked Server
June 26, 2018 Most important SQL Server wait types
June 22, 2018 How to search a different Active Directory Domain with Powershell Get-ADGroupMember
June 21, 2018 How to check a SQL Login is part of the SYSADMIN role
June 14, 2018 select current_user shows dbo
June 06, 2018 How to check if RECURSIVE TRIGGERS are enabled using t-sql
June 06, 2018 How to check if RECURSIVE TRIGGERS are enabled using t-sql
June 04, 2018 INSERT BULK in Profiler trace
May 31, 2018 How to enable SQL Server Service Broker
May 29, 2018 How to create a Linked Server for SQL Server to PostgreSQL
May 25, 2018 How to find computed columns on a SQL Server table
May 24, 2018 How to open Task Scheduler by cmd
May 10, 2018 Migrate SQL Server Reporting Services database from SSRS 2012 to SSRS 2016
May 08, 2018 SELECT 1 FROM TABLE
May 05, 2018 How create a drive to a network share with Powershell New-PSDrive
May 04, 2018 When to use SQL Server Change Data Capture
May 02, 2018 How to get the AD groups of a login with sys.login_token
April 30, 2018 Troubleshooting SQL Server Database Mail not sending emails
April 28, 2018 Databases on the Cloud
April 27, 2018 Use cases for NULLIF
April 25, 2018 How to script CREDENTIALS for SQL Server migration
April 13, 2018 Global platforms and local developer community differences
April 12, 2018 Should I use SQL Change Data Capture for data audit ?
April 09, 2018 Alter database compatibility on all databases in a SQL Server Instance
April 06, 2018 Attempted to read or write protected memory.This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt
March 20, 2018 UPDATE STATISTICS GETTING SLOWER
March 06, 2018 Msg 16955 – Could not create an acceptable cursor
February 16, 2018 SQL Server , Meltdown and Spectre FAQ
February 08, 2018 How to calculate last time Wait Statistics were cleared
January 20, 2018 Wait Stats
January 01, 2018 How to get DOMAIN login name with Powershell Get-ADGroupMember
December 30, 2017 Top 10 most popular SQL Server articles for 2017
December 14, 2017 Powershell input parameter via command line
December 08, 2017 SQL Server Agent Job History Log Not showing any rows
December 05, 2017 Error: 17300, Severity: 16, State: 1. (Params:). The error is printed in terse mode because there was error during formatting. Tracing, ETW, notifications etc are skipped.
November 27, 2017 Type Conversion may affect cardinality estimate in query plan
November 24, 2017 How to list CLR objects inside a SQL Server database
November 14, 2017 Automatic Index Tuning by default on Azure sql server
October 26, 2017 Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2016 SP1
October 20, 2017 Separating the Application and Database server
October 18, 2017 How to disable a database user
October 14, 2017 SSRS migration and renaming the ReeportServer database
October 12, 2017 How to change SQL Server 2016 Database default locations for data and log files
October 02, 2017 Troubleshooting SQL CLR memory pressure
October 01, 2017 Advertising options on sqlserver-dba.com
September 21, 2017 12 factor app and database services
September 13, 2017 How to add a user-defined SQL Server error message and send message to the Windows event log
September 07, 2017 How to find SQL Server Instance Default Path and Instance Default Log Path
September 06, 2017 MS SQL 2016 Management Studio Silent Install
August 24, 2017 Top 30 SQL Blogs & Websites for Microsoft SQL Server Administrators
August 16, 2017 Disaster Recovery Powershell Script to check for failed Windows services
August 09, 2017 How to list Extended stored procedure for public
July 27, 2017 How to add a row in Powershell System.Data.Datatable
July 18, 2017 Service Exit Code 1077 and false negatives
July 14, 2017 Largest FREE Microsoft eBook Giveaway
July 04, 2017 Post disaster recovery SQL Server database checkout script
June 30, 2017 Chinese build the most powerful computer in the world
June 29, 2017 SQL Server and Petya
June 26, 2017 The Reporting Server Instance could not be found
June 22, 2017 Difference between @@servername and SERVERPROPERTY(ServerName)
June 13, 2017 Unable to connect to Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) to check the completion status of transaction
June 06, 2017 Enable full text search for Msg 7609 Full text search is not enabled or a full text component cannot be loaded
June 01, 2017 How to Check Powershell version
May 16, 2017 5 easy ways to protect SQL Server against Ransomware attacks
May 12, 2017 Msg 15151, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Cannot alter the login 'Domain\Group', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.
May 10, 2017 Powershell find command and copy a file
May 07, 2017 Windows folder permissions with Powershell Get-ACL
May 02, 2017 Powerhsell Get-ChildItem folders only
May 01, 2017 Read SQL Server Error Logs with Powershell and SMO
April 30, 2017 Ultimate psychology guide - MEMORY
April 25, 2017 Powershell monitor log file for string with select-string and regex
April 19, 2017 Powershell get-childitem and date modified
April 18, 2017 How to write to a sql error to windows server event viewer
April 17, 2017 SQL Server 100 cpu diagnose
April 15, 2017 Script to check if a SQL database has a backup
April 14, 2017 With great ignorance comes great confidence
April 12, 2017 Powershell script to check disk space on remote servers
April 11, 2017 Configurations eating up sql server performance
April 07, 2017 Simple Ideas to improve the life of a DBA
April 06, 2017 How to mount an ISO - Disk Image File
April 05, 2017 Data Migration Assistant for SQL Server 2016 Upgrade
April 04, 2017 Strategies for sql server performance tuning
March 30, 2017 How to write a conditional substring in sql
March 28, 2017 Powershell insert into sql table
March 24, 2017 SQL Server Stuff and comma delimited column
March 20, 2017 Monitoring development v production environment
March 14, 2017 Focus on the DBA basics with the 95 - 5 rule
March 08, 2017 SQL Query to check Vmware cpu and memory overcommit
March 03, 2017 How to check the transaction log size in SQL Server
March 01, 2017 Powershell append to file by joining two files
February 27, 2017 Troubleshootoing performance problems in sql server with sys.dm_os_wait_stats
February 24, 2017 How to check SQL Server AlwaysOn High Availability is enabled
February 23, 2017 Powershell script to report SQL Error Log
February 22, 2017 How to backup the SQL Server SystemResource db – mssqlsystemresource
February 21, 2017 Help command in sql for undocumented commands
February 20, 2017 Resource database in SQL Server SystemResource db - mssqlsystemresource
February 17, 2017 How to shrink tempdb when Event ID 1101 Could not allocate a new page for database 'TEMPDB' because of insufficient disk space in filegroup 'DEFAULT'
February 15, 2017 SQL Memory usage query and cachestore_sqlcp
February 12, 2017 Guiding principles of wait time analysis
February 11, 2017 T SQL Antipatterns - SQL Antipattern #010
February 10, 2017 Windows Server 2012 empty recycle bin
February 07, 2017 Get cumulative update number for SQL Server Version
February 06, 2017 SQL Server uptime query
February 05, 2017 What is causing sql Cache Pressure
February 04, 2017 Ultimate GLOBALISATION guide
February 03, 2017 Helpful sql commands to manage SQL Agent Jobs
February 02, 2017 How to find of the QUOTED_IDENTIFIER used for stored procedure
January 31, 2017 How to get row count for every table in database
January 27, 2017 Skills required for rapid development
January 24, 2017 xp_cmdshell copy – access is denied
January 23, 2017 Will placing a large data column as an index INCLUDE impact sql query performance
January 22, 2017 Backup failures SQLVDI: Loc=CVDS::Close. Desc=Open devices!. ErrorCode=(0).
January 21, 2017 The future of the DBA profession
January 20, 2017 How to shrink SQL Server database transaction log file initial size
January 18, 2017 ASYNC_IO_COMPLETION during sql server backup
January 17, 2017 Microsoft ACE OLEDB 12.0 provider is not registered on the local machine
January 16, 2017 Notes on Performance Tuning very large databases for OLTP
January 15, 2017 Database Tuning Advisor Performance
January 14, 2017 Warren Buffett Billionaire Tips
January 13, 2017 Detach versus Offline
January 12, 2017 How to get FQDN of multiple servers with Powershell
January 11, 2017 How Busy is my SQL Server
January 10, 2017 Error 17836 Length specified in network packet payload did not match number of bytes read; the connection has been closed
January 09, 2017 ERROR 8623 The query processor ran out of internal resources and could not produce a query plan
January 08, 2017 FROM REDCAR TO RUST
January 07, 2017 How to check if a file exists with xp_fileexist
January 06, 2017 Difference between TCP and UDP network protocols
January 04, 2017 A 5 MB hard drive in 1956 needed a forklift
January 03, 2017 How to monitor Blocked Processes with SQL Alert and email sp_whoisActive report
January 01, 2017 The politics of Calais , border control and Brexit
December 30, 2016 Schrodinger’s backup - A warning for DBAs
December 29, 2016 10 most visited pages on sqlserver-dba.com for 2016
December 22, 2016 Privatisation can help upgrade public infrastructure
December 21, 2016 GRANT VIEW DEFINITION to script out tables
December 20, 2016 Limitations of xp_logininfo
December 09, 2016 SQL Server restart times using Powershell
November 30, 2016 Impact of Brexit on IT contractors
November 26, 2016 Using SQL Server Express in Production
November 25, 2016 Social Conformity and questioning authority
November 23, 2016 Display all files in a directory with master.sys.xp_dirtree
November 15, 2016 Powershell script - Get the SQL Server Instance status with Get-Service
November 15, 2016 Disadvantages of using sp_MSforeachdb
October 29, 2016 How to find Longest running queries in SQL Server
October 29, 2016 Global Population Growth, Box by Box Ted Talk
October 12, 2016 How can I tell if hyperthreading is on Windows 2012
September 20, 2016 How to schedule Powershell Script with Task Scheduler
September 06, 2016 Lots of NULL values can cause trouble
September 05, 2016 ALTER INDEX REBUILD clears sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats
September 02, 2016 7 mistakes DBAs make on CV or resume
September 02, 2016 5 ways globalisation has impacted IT
September 01, 2016 Is a LOG BACKUP allowed on a SIMPLE RECOVERY database
August 31, 2016 How to turn AUTO_SHRINK off
August 29, 2016 7 Essential Steps to Recover a Corrupt SQL Server Database
August 26, 2016 DBA vacancy at Travelers - UK based
July 22, 2016 Get Last Windows boot up time with Powershell
July 20, 2016 How to list Domain Controllers in a Domain with nltest
July 11, 2016 Hypothetical Indexes
July 05, 2016 Microsoft Enterprise Advantage Licensing on MPSA
July 04, 2016 Query to find non – sargable sql statements – SQL Antipattern #009
June 30, 2016 Set owner failed for database an exception occurred in smo - Msg 15110, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
June 29, 2016 BT and Oracle cloud link up
June 24, 2016 Danger of maintaining SQL backup copies in different locations
June 06, 2016 Trace flag 610 and High performance data loading
May 27, 2016 How to check my SQL permissions
May 25, 2016 Troubleshooting SQL Server Service Broker
May 21, 2016 Show me the wait stats
May 06, 2016 SQL Service hanging with Change Pending Error
April 15, 2016 Msg 8116 - Argument data type sql_variant is invalid for argument 1 of function
April 13, 2016 How to create a Powershell Function to return server disk capacity
April 12, 2016 How to reduce THREADPOOL wait type
April 05, 2016 Are you sleeping enough? Take the sleep test
April 04, 2016 Principle of Least Privilege
March 30, 2016 Forceseek table hint to the rescue
March 24, 2016 SQL Server Backup – Restore vs Detach – Attach : which method is faster?
March 23, 2016 How to monitor progress of Online Index Rebuild
March 22, 2016 How to monitor progress of Offline Index Rebuild
March 21, 2016 How to check SQL Server password policy
March 20, 2016 Increase speed of a NOT EQUAL operator and a workaround using a computed column
March 19, 2016 How to delete millions of rows in batches
March 18, 2016 How to create a table in another FILEGROUP using SELECT INTO
March 17, 2016 How to complete an INSERT in batches for large data sets
March 14, 2016 How to understand CXPACKET wait type resource description in Sys.dm_os_waiting_tasks
March 13, 2016 The 90 – 90 rule – SQL Antipattern #009
March 12, 2016 How to create a DBA skills matrix
March 11, 2016 How to audit DML statements based on server principal name
March 09, 2016 What is acceptable database server performance testing
March 08, 2016 New Database request checklist
March 07, 2016 Managing security for SQL restores
March 06, 2016 How to use xp_readerrorlog parameters to search SQL Error Logs
March 05, 2016 Lockard Principle and database theft
March 04, 2016 How to fix - Lock request timeout period exceedd Error 1222
March 03, 2016 How to use GO command for multiple execution of sql statements
March 02, 2016 How to add a sql table to a different FILEGROUP
March 01, 2016 Powershell script: Powershell equivalent of Linux top
February 29, 2016 Is AntiVirus Software required on a SQL Server
February 28, 2016 Premature optimization - SQL Antipattern #008
February 27, 2016 How to use Deductive and inductive logic for sql troubleshooting
February 26, 2016 SSMS Query Options – Discard results after execution
February 24, 2016 How to use a blank password with SQLCMD
February 23, 2016 How to get the sql object name using the Resource Id
February 21, 2016 3 ways to identify an expert
February 20, 2016 Top 5 SQL Server Forums
February 19, 2016 3 methods to get the drive sizes with Powershell
February 18, 2016 How use Powershell Get-Service on a remote server without Powershell Remoting
February 16, 2016 SQL Script - How to find type of objects filling TempDB
February 15, 2016 Accidental complexity - SQL Antipattern #007
February 14, 2016 Top 4 Best SQL Editors
February 12, 2016 10 most popular sqlserver-dba posts for 2015
February 11, 2016 VM Snapshot Backup Review for databases
February 10, 2016 Powershell Script : How to copy a file on a remote share to a remote server
February 09, 2016 The economics of performance tuning
February 08, 2016 5 database subjects I'm researching
February 07, 2016 Performance Tuning by Committee - SQL Antipattern #006
February 06, 2016 Troubleshooting - Msg 845 - Time-out occurred while waiting for buffer latch type 3
February 05, 2016 Powershell Script - How to find Event Log entries for IO problems that could cause database corruption
February 02, 2016 How to capture DML for a single logon on database audit specification
February 01, 2016 Natural key versus Surrogate key on a 1 column table
January 31, 2016 DBA jokes
January 30, 2016 DRY or WET – SQL Antipattern #005
January 28, 2016 What does the FILE clause mean during a SQL Restore
January 27, 2016 Powershell Script – How to get windows logs events with Get-WinEvent for a date range
January 26, 2016 How to Audit user DML with SQL Server Extended Events
January 25, 2016 How to troubleshoot Flush Cache error message in SQL Server Logs
January 24, 2016 The future of jobs – 5.1 million job losses and the superstar economy
January 22, 2016 Blind Faith versus Test Oriented programming – SQL Antipattern #004
January 21, 2016 How to find VMWare ESX Host event messages using VPXV_EVENTS
January 18, 2016 How to find Nested Loops in Execution Plans for a specific table
January 17, 2016 SQL Silver Bullets and Easy Fixes - SQL Antipattern #003
January 16, 2016 The practise of Hard Coding – SQL Antipattern #002
January 15, 2016 How to spot a SQL Antipattern
January 14, 2016 How to copy a table from one database to another database
January 13, 2016 How to query Active Directory with xp_logininfo
January 12, 2016 How to export Excel worksheet columns into a html file with Powershell
January 11, 2016 How to list constraints of a table
January 09, 2016 How can I escalate a database issue
January 09, 2016 Fix: –NESTING_TRANSACTION_FULL wait type and how to reduce it
January 08, 2016 How to get the SQL table size, index size and last user update
January 07, 2016 3 ways to have fun with DBCC PAGE
January 06, 2016 Why is SQL Server executing DBCC CHECKDB against my database at startup?
January 05, 2016 Troubleshooting ImpersonateSecurityContext in RING_BUFFER_SECURITY_ERROR
January 04, 2016 How to predict DBCC CHECKDB finish time
January 03, 2016 3 reasons to get help from the DBA
January 02, 2016 SQL Indexed View limitations
January 01, 2016 SQL Server Fix : - The media family on device xxxxx.bak is incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot process this media family. Msg 3241, Level 16, State 7, Line 1
December 31, 2015 How to find sql transactions with large logs
December 29, 2015 How to fix System.OutOfMemoryException when using SSMS
December 28, 2015 How to return a character string from a sql datepart using DATENAME
December 26, 2015 How to deal with unexpectedly large transaction log files
December 22, 2015 VM Memory balloon performance counters
December 18, 2015 How to Generate a Perfmon System Diagnostics Report
November 30, 2015 Missing CLR data types on client - Microsoft.SqlServer.Types - geography and geometry
November 19, 2015 How to Calculate the size of sql results in KB?
November 17, 2015 Precalculated SQL Views data
October 31, 2015 7 Twitter Feeds every SQL Server DBA should follow
October 29, 2015 10 million passwords unmasked
October 28, 2015 5 websites that will make you a better SQL Server DBA
October 16, 2015 Using NULL as an ordinary value in sql code - SQL Antipattern # 001
October 14, 2015 Object Dependency in SQL Server
October 12, 2015 5 tricks to boost DBA productivity
October 05, 2015 How to understand the RING_BUFFER_SCHEDULE_MONITOR
September 29, 2015 How to create a temporary Stored Procedure using TempDB
September 14, 2015 sp_WhoIsActive utility for SQL Server troubleshooting
September 02, 2015 Performance Tuning – The wrong way
August 07, 2015 Powershell Add-Content – How to add another query result to an existing html report
August 01, 2015 Find Table Scans in Query Plan Cache
July 28, 2015 Memory grants and execution plans
July 24, 2015 Database has more than 1000 virtual log files which is excessive – informational message 9017
July 15, 2015 How to find CurrentClockSpeed and MaxClockSpeed using Powershell Get-WmiObject win32_processor
July 10, 2015 SQL Server Install Checklist
July 03, 2015 Find Windows pagefile location through command line and wmic
June 24, 2015 How to list all SQL Server Caches and use DBCC FREESYSTEMCACHE to clear
June 16, 2015 SQL Server gets slower until I restart
June 10, 2015 How to encrypt a file with AES encryption
June 09, 2015 How to find the SQL Server service pack is installed
June 05, 2015 Detach database breaks the DIFFERENTIAL backup chain when READ ONLY
June 02, 2015 Error 16955 – Could not create an acceptable cursor . Dynamic cursors and DISTINCT KEYWORD
May 29, 2015 How to troubleshoot Error 2601 Cannot insert duplicate key row in object '%.*ls' with unique index '%.*ls'. The duplicate key value is %ls.
May 28, 2015 Error 18456 State 5 Invalid User ID and managing failed logins
May 27, 2015 SQL Server Security Violations Report for t-sql tuesday
May 20, 2015 Error 7983 - User '%.*ls' does not have permission to run DBCC %ls for database '%.*ls'
May 19, 2015 How to automate Sql Server Configuration Manager settings
May 15, 2015 Troubleshoot SQL Security Error Ring Buffer Recorded - System Health
May 12, 2015 SQL Server Configuration Manager from Command Line
May 08, 2015 INSERT SELECT into existing table
May 06, 2015 dotNet framework 3.5 is a SQL Server 2012 prerequisite
May 05, 2015 Find database users mapped to db_owner role
May 04, 2015 What is First Normal Form, Second Normal and Third Normal Form
May 02, 2015 SMB 3.0 and SQL Server reading list
April 30, 2015 How to find the SQL Server Service Account
April 29, 2015 How to fix : Operarator used tempdb to spill data during execution warning
April 28, 2015 Backing up the tail log
April 27, 2015 How to use ISO-8601 for date and datetime
April 25, 2015 New database or new instance
April 25, 2015 Inside Google Data Centers
April 24, 2015 Execute permission was denied on the object
April 21, 2015 Security audit for SQL public role
April 16, 2015 The Agile DBA
April 07, 2015 Implicit conversion of data types in the query engine
March 30, 2015 Powershell script to report SQL Database Status
March 21, 2015 Researching FlashCopy Manager for backup and restore management
March 12, 2015 Find high IO read and write SQL Queries and display query plan
March 04, 2015 Execute Sp_table_privileges on all SQL Server instance databases
February 25, 2015 How to check UAC – User Account Control is enabled or disabled
February 19, 2015 Connect to SQL Server using port number
February 16, 2015 Xp_cmdshell – the most dangerous extended stored procedure on the planet
February 12, 2015 DROP SCHEMA script for multiple sql database users
February 06, 2015 The transaction log for database is full due to ACTIVE_TRANSACTION
February 03, 2015 How to crack the SQL Login password from sys.syslogins
February 02, 2015 OFFLINE Database files not deleted when DROP DATABASE is executed
February 02, 2015 Detach and Offline for moving databases
January 27, 2015 How to List SQL logins and database user mappings
January 25, 2015 Index column order in Index Missing Feature
January 24, 2015 Query VMWare vCenter VCDB database for guest and host details
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