TempDB Excessive Memory Usage Example
I see TempDB using more memory than I feel it should and found a way to resolve it. Previously I dove into technical details and questioning what I saw...
2016-02-01
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Simple SQL Server
Tim Ford’s Entry-Level Content Challenge
All bloggers started as beginners. We picked things up, learned them, and got to the point where we wanted to...
2016-01-26
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Tim Ford’s Entry-Level Content Challenge
All bloggers started as beginners. We picked things up, learned them, and got to the point where we wanted to start sharing our knowledge. The problem is that most...
2016-01-26
6 reads
Querying Deadlocks From System_Health XEvent
It’s easy to query XEvents to see some of the basic info in deadlocks, including the system_health session which is...
2016-01-27 (first published: 2016-01-25)
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Querying Deadlocks From System_Health XEvent
It’s easy to query XEvents to see some of the basic info in deadlocks, including the system_health session which is already capturing this information by default. This script will,...
2016-01-25
81 reads
Shrinking Database Data Files
Normal DBAs will sum up shrinking a database data file in one word: NO!
I’ll talk to you about this subject because...
2016-01-19
1,698 reads
Shrinking Database Data Files
Normal DBAs will sum up shrinking a database data file in one word: NO! I’ll talk to you about this subject because I’m not normal. Still, my goal is that...
2016-01-19
30 reads
SQL Saturday Cleveland #SQLSat473
On February 6, 2016, Cleveland is hosting a free training event for SQL Server. This has a lot of the...
2016-01-11
532 reads
SQL Saturday Cleveland #SQLSat473
On February 6, 2016, Cleveland is hosting a free training event for SQL Server. This has a lot of the great stuff from the big, paid events, and skips...
2016-01-11
6 reads
TempDB memory leak?
I found a bug where I’m seeing TempDB use more memory than it should on multiple versions of SQL Server,...
2016-01-08 (first published: 2016-01-05)
3,357 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
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Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers