Announcing…the book At long last the wait is over. After much blood, sweat and more blood and sweat, the next edition of the SQL Server Recipes book is finished. This edition brings several changes and […]
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SQL Server and Defaults
What is that default setting? SQL server does a fantastic job of having numerous settings at the server level and at the database level predefined for you. Additionally, the OS has a bunch of settings […]
PASS Summit 2015 – Guess What?
Quick run the other way! PASS Summit will never be the same! Why? Well, because for the first time in the history of me, I have been selected to speak at such a prestigious event. Isn’t […]
Database Settings Changes – Red Handed
One of my pet-peeves (and consequently frequent topic of discussion) is finding database settings (or any setting that has changed) without knowing about it. Worse yet is finding that the change has occurred and nobody […]
New Extended Events for 2016
As we begin to get a grasp of all that is available with SQL Server 2016 and all of the new features, it is a great idea to see what else has been made available […]
Database Drops in SQL 2012
In the previous 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 dropped […]
SQL Cruise Mediterranean+
This is a post that is looooong overdue. I have intended to write some of this at least since the first SQL Cruise I attended back in 2013 (in the Caribbean). Now with three Cruises […]
Reading Extended Event File Session Data
Using Extended Events to trap/trace information allows the trapping of that information to various targets. One of the targets I will frequently tell people to use is the file target. The reasoning for this is the […]
Execution Plans in Extended Events
Extended Events is a wonderful tool. Execution Plans are also some wonderful things – or are a wonderful tool as well. Both of these tools are fantastic for troubleshooting. Combined, they can potentially be even better. […]