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Misleading errors: “Server is configured for Windows authentication only.” But it’s not!
6June 18, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
In general, the errors SQL gives are highly useful. Of course every now and again you get one that’s just …
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The identity column, the insert and the linked server.
4June 14, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
tl;dr; When doing an insert across a linked server you have to include the list of fields to be inserted …
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Moving to Azure: A change in processes – TSQL Tuesday 103
7June 12, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
For this month’s t-sql Tuesday our host Bjoern Peters (b/t) wants us to describe our experiences with Azure SQL Database …
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What queries are getting blocked?
Leave a commentJune 6, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Monday Grant Fritchey (b/t) put up a great post EXTENDED EVENTS, THE SYSTEM_HEALTH SESSION, AND WAITS that talks about how …
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SQL Homework – June 2018 – Alter a database
Leave a commentJune 4, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Here we are again. The beginning of another month. At the beginning of each month I put out a SQL …
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Updated query to view data in the error log
5May 31, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
This is one of my favorite scripts. It pulls all of the data from the error log and dumps it …
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An interview with Brent Ozar
5May 30, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
I was talking about interviews (although not the job kind) with a friend and it reminded me of the time …
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Interview questions: What’s the first thing you would do if a user reports slowness.
8May 28, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
We’ve been doing a fair amount of interviewing recently and one of our big questions is What do you do …
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What are the system databases?
5May 21, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
I get to help with technical interviews every now and again, and one of the questions we always ask is …
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