Recently I was exploring SQL Server Audit and found something very interesting. I found two enhancements in the SQL Server 2008 Create Audit Screen. SQL Server 2012 Create Audit Screen SQL Server 2008 Create Audit Screen On Audit Log Failure Options You can see that in SQL Server 2012 they have added two more options [...]
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SQL SERVER – 2012 Auditing Enhancement – On Audit Log Failure Options – Maximum Rollover Files
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SQLAuthority News – Online Session Practical Tricks and Tips to Speed up Database Queries Today
Posted in Pinal Dave, PostADay, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Optimization, SQL Performance, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLServer, T SQL, Technology on December 15, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I am presenting on performance tuning topic again today at Virtual Tech Days. This time I am going to talk about lots of practical tips and will focus on what we can do immediately right after the session is over. During the session I have two things for you to spot. How many times, I [...]
SQL SERVER – Explain Error:166 : does not allow specifying the database name as a prefix to the object name – Puzzle to Win SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers Book
Posted in PostADay, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Interview Questions and Answers, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology on December 14, 2011 | 19 Comments »
I was recently reading excellent Just Learned Tip regarding 3 part naming Cannot be used when dropping Views,Functions or Procedures. This is quite a well known tip however, every developer and DBA learns at sometime in their career with ‘hm…’ moment. To illustrate this further here is a simple case scenario. Setup environment CREATE DATABASE [...]
SQL SERVER – A Quick Look at Performance – A Quick Look at Configuration
Posted in Pinal Dave, PostADay, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Optimization, SQL Performance, SQL Query, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLServer, T SQL, Technology on December 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This blog post is written in response to the T-SQL Tuesday post of Tips and Tricks. For me, this is a very interesting subject. I perfectly enjoy a discussion when it is about performance tuning. I commonly get follow-up questions regarding this subject, but most of them do not give the complete information about their [...]
SQLAuthority News – Virtual Presentation on Practical Tricks and Tips to Speed up Database Queries – December 15, 2011
Posted in Pinal Dave, PostADay, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Optimization, SQL Performance, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLServer, T SQL, Technology on December 12, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Performance tuning has been my favorite subject and any time when I have to present on this subject, this itself gives me tremendous pleasure as well. I am always excited to present something new on this topic. Virtual Tech Days is just here around the corner and I am going to present about performance tuning [...]
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