Heads up for SQL Server on Linux folks using availability groups and Pacemaker. Pacemaker 1.1.18 has been out for a while now, but it’s worth… Read More »SQL Server on Linux – feature change in Pacemaker 1.1.18
Earlier this month I released a new, free tool to export SQL Server query data to Excel files without needing Excel. It also installs stored procedures… Read More »The free SQL to Excel Export tool
Edit from 19 March 2020: Since the release of CU 3, SQL Server 2019 is officially supported on Ubuntu 18.04, per this blog post. Original… Read More »Does SQL Server 2019 run on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking at two separate SQL Saturdays in March and April of this year. The first event… Read More »Canadian SQL Saturday speaking events
(This post was updated on 5 February 2022.) A few months ago I suggested that the following settings should be the default for most SQL… Read More »Proposed SQL Server defaults: disable priority boost
(This post was updated on 5 February 2022.) A few months ago I suggested that the following settings should be the default for most SQL… Read More »Proposed SQL Server defaults: disable lightweight pooling
(This post was updated on 5 February 2022). A few months ago I suggested that the following settings should be the default for most SQL… Read More »Proposed SQL Server defaults: cost threshold for parallelism
Last time we looked at the four major components of a computer system, and then looked at the SQL Server buffer pool as a way… Read More »When the buffer pool isn’t just in memory
I have been selected to speak for a second time at SQLBits, which is being hosted in Manchester UK this year from 27 February to… Read More »Speaking at SQLBits in March 2019
Today we’ll begin taking a look at the buffer pool in SQL Server and how it’s normally used. Before we dive too deeply into the… Read More »How does the buffer pool work?
A few months ago, Microsoft announced that SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) will no longer include the visual Database Diagrams feature from v18.0 onward. [Edit:… Read More »Database modelling in a post-SSMS world: dbForge Studio
It’s January 2019 as I write this. I realized that I started on my journey with SQL Server in 1998, and I wanted to look… Read More »Back to the future
I consider Blob Storage to be the gateway drug to Azure, because it’s a really easy way to get going with offsite backups. One of… Read More »AzCopy finally gets a sync option, and all the world rejoices
It’s the last post of 2018, and in years past I’ve recapped the year that has just been. This is a little different however. I… Read More »Giving thanks in 2018
I am still amused by terminology in the Information Technology field. Words like “Kubernetes,” “containers,” and the BASIC keywords PEEK and POKE, all bring a… Read More »Infrastructure matters, even in the Cloud