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When using Powershell to control Azure the Cloud Shell doesn’t require an additional login.
Leave a commentSeptember 18, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
When studying Azure one of the things you’ll be asked to learn is the Powershell commands that can control, well, …
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DBA Myths: CHECKDB runs on startup.
2September 16, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
If you look at your error log you’ll (hopefully) see entries like this shortly after the instance startup: CHECKDB for …
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DMV with SQL Server Service info (including the service accounts)
5September 12, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I recently found this DMV and couldn’t wait to share. sys.dm_server_services What’s so great about it? For each service for …
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My fantasy SQL feature(s)? T-SQL Tuesday #118
1September 10, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
It’s fantasy football time again? Oh, fantasy feature? Oh, yea, that makes a lot more sense for #tsql2sday. What’s #tsql2sday? …
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When were the statistics last updated and how many rows were sampled?
Leave a commentSeptember 4, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
TL;DR; Final query is at the bottom. Every now and again (particularly when someone is having performance problems) I’ll get …
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SQL Homework – September 2019 – Getting the data in
Leave a commentSeptember 2, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Everything else aside two of the most important tasks of a database are to get data in, and get data …
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Why is as important as How
6August 28, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
I recently had someone tell me, and I’m paraphrasing a bit here: We know how to fix this now, so …
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Setting Trigger Order
Leave a commentAugust 26, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
If you can help it you probably shouldn’t be using triggers. But if you have to use a trigger you …
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Why do DBAs dislike loops?
5August 22, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
If you started out as a developer you were probably taught how important loops are. They are one of the …
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7th Anniversary
6August 20, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
7 years ago today I posted my very first blog post and I’ll tell you it’s been a heck of …
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