Some of the beauty of being a database professional is the opportunity to deal with our friend NOLOCK. For one reason or another this query directive (yes I am calling it a directive* and not a […]
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Extended Events, Birkenstocks and SQL Server
I bring you yet another installment in the monthly meme called T-SQL Tuesday. This is the 67th edition, and this time we have been given the opportunity to talk about something I really enjoy – […]
Database In Recovery Update
Many moons ago, I published a post that contained a script to aid in easing the anxiety that comes when a database is “In Recovery”. When I pulled that script out to try and use […]
Monitoring SQL Server
Welcome to the fabulous world of blog parties, SQL Server and what has been the longest running SQL Server related meme in the blogosphere – TSQLTuesday. This month we are hosted by Catherine Wilhemsen (blog […]
Extended Events and Data Types
Today is another one of those installments in the long-running TSQL Party held monthly (a.k.a TSQL2SDAY). This month we have an open invitation from Mike Donnelly (blog | twitter), asking us to talk about something new […]
Audit who Dropped the Database
In the first article on this topic (which can be read here), I discussed the problem of having a database get dropped and the need to find out who dropped the database and when they […]
Audit Schema Change Report
In a recent article on SSG, I discussed how to use Extended Events to function in a Profiler like fashion. You can read about that here. I recommend reading that article first because it helps […]
Last Execution of a Proc
SQL Server is full of good stuff. There are plenty of features to be used. Plenty of applications to help it. And there is even plenty of metadata within SQL Server to help you better […]
Security as a Fleeting Thought
Today we have another installment in what is known as TSQL Tuesday. This month we have an invitation and topic given to us by the infamous Kenneth Fisher ( blog | twitter). Today, the invitation […]
Trapping Online Index Operations
Recently I wrote an article about Capturing Online Index Operations. In that article, I discussed a problem that I had encountered. Well, there were multiple problems. One was an issue with a vendor app that […]