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In my experience, there have been occasions where SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) becomes unresponsive for a length of time. In one particular case, this occurred while I was expanding the list of databases. SSMS just sat there and waited for some unknown reason and became frustrating. The client eventually […]
Several months ago, I was looking at a question posted on ask.sqlservercentral.com. I discovered an answer to a question regarding how to move a large amount of data around quickly. The solution was related to an aspect of table partitioning that I was not aware of. If you aren’t familiar […]
You never know when the idea for a script will make an appearance. I had to work with composite primary keys recently while working on a project for a client. More specifically, I had to create a process that would dynamically (dynamic SQL?! Say it isn’t so?!) handle composite keys […]
Ok, I’ll admit it. I like scripts that are handy and do things. Especially if the scripts make my life easier. Now, not every environment is the same. Instances get configured differently or things change just due to the nature of the business. In a previous life I would routinely […]
Last month in January, I participated in the Idera #sqlchat. This is a monthly chat meeting that is organized by Idera Software and hosted by a SQL Server community member. This one was hosted by Monica Rathbun (B|T) and her topic for the month was “SQL Server Bad Habits in […]
Recently, I got to work with a client on something interesting. We implemented transactional replication to send data to an Azure virtual machine. This was being done to perform some testing for a project. Given that the two machines were NOT within the same Active Directory domain, we wanted to […]
After reviewing some recent audit results for a couple of our SQL Servers, I noted the audit checked for start up procedures. This caught my attention as I was not fully aware of what those were. Naturally I decided to investigate further. Startup procedures automatically execute whenever SQL Server is started. […]