Adopting New Technology
New technology is always an interesting thing, at least to me. It doesn’t matter if it is SQL Server related or not, I tend to be fascinated by the changes that occur daily in technology. The last...
View ArticleSQLCAT Technical Note: Resolving PageLatch Contention on Highly Concurrent...
Its funny to see this new technical note posted by the SQLCAT team today because we just recently had a discussion about this on Twitter. My good friend Sankar Reddy ( Blog / Twitter ) sent me an IM...
View ArticleAnother use for the Default Trace: Mapping Temporary Tables to Sessions
Here’s another use for the information captured by the default trace. Ever wonder what session created the tables that exist in tempdb? Well you can find it using the default trace and the...
View ArticleGood advice can come from anywhere, but so can bad advice!
In the past I have advocated that when it comes to advice you need to consider its source before you actually use it. I still believe this today, but recently I got some advice that makes me add a...
View ArticleHave you got air in your spare tire? (Have you checked your DR/HA plans?)
This morning I was late to work because as I backed out of the driveway I noticed that my wife's car had a flat tire. This should be a pretty simple thing to fix, but it turns out that the spare tire...
View ArticleSome thoughts on interviewing….
At the beginning of the year I changed jobs, leaving a very stable position where I had the opportunity to learn under an amazing mentor (who happened to be a Oracle DBA and not a SQL DBA), to take on...
View ArticleYou made it through the Interview, Now What?
This is somewhat of a continuation post to my previous blog post, “Some thoughts on Interviweing…” . Now that you survived the interview process, what do you do? This is a common area of discomfort for...
View ArticleThe Database as Intellectual Property
Every so often, a question shows up on the forums in the form of, “How do I prevent anyone from accessing my database schema, including local administrators and sysadmins in SQL Server?” I usually...
View ArticleWhy the “Toilet” Analogy for SQL might be bad
Robert Davis(blog/twitter) recently blogged The Toilet Analogy … or Why I Never Recommend Increasing Worker Threads , in which he uses an analogy for why increasing the value for the ‘max worker...
View ArticleDoes the tempdb Log file get Zero Initialized at Startup?
While working on a problem today I happened to think about what the impact to startup might be for a really large tempdb transaction log file. Its fairly common knowledge that data files in SQL Server...
View ArticleWhy I don’t need to go on the SQLCruise
Brent Ozar ( Blog | Twitter ) and Tim Ford ( Blog | Twitter ) are putting on a new type of event in the month of August after SQL Saturday #40 in South Florida July, 31st , properly named SQLCruise ....
View ArticleShould SQL Server advanced features be available a la carte?
SQL Server users love the new features inside of the platform and each new release brings more exciting enhancements that motivate end users towards upgrading from previous editions. However, one of...
View ArticleThere is no such thing as a “Small Change” to a production database
It seems like every week I get hit up with some kind of “Its a view only for this specific report,” or “It is a simple change that the vendor would have made if they had access” type of request related...
View ArticleWriting Case Studies to Document Your Impact
If you don’t know me, or you haven’t followed me for long, you might not know that I am a huge fan of documentation. I started out in my as a Application and Business Analyst and all I did was...
View ArticleTimes they are a changing…
If you follow me on twitter ( @SQLSarg ), you already know that this has been a week of big announcements for me. Wednesday afternoon Paul Randal ( Blog | Twitter ) announced that I joined...
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