Talking and exploring In-Memory topics in SQL Server 2014 has been interesting to me. When I wrote the blog around table variable not being just an In-Memory structure, one of my course listener (SQL Server 2014 Administration New Features) pinged me on twitter to ask, if In-Memory OLTP was really In-Memory? Wouldn’t SQL Server like to swap the data or memory data to pagination file when there is memory pressure? I told them the concept of In-Memory is that data always resides in memory and the reason for a feature name “In-Memory OLTP”. Let us see how we can fix errors related to insufficient system memory.
Interview Question of the Week #004 – List All Columns and Their Data Type for a View
Earlier this week I wrote a blog about finding stored procedure parameters and their data types. After that blog I received few emails from my blog readers asking for similar script for a view. I asked them what did they like about the script and they said that it gives us…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – How to Bind Resource Governor for InMemory Enabled Databases?
I have done a number of courses for Pluralsight. Last year when SQL Server 2014 was released, I planned to do a session on the same. The course SQL Server 2014 Administration New Features was a lot of hardwork but it did give me a chance to learn something new…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Who is Consuming my TempDB Now?
Off late my love for TempDB and writing on topics of tempDB has been a great learning experience. The more I work with tempDB, the more fascinated I am. TempDb is being used by a number of operations inside SQL Server, let me list some of them here: Temporary user…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – The DBA goes to MARS – Maintenance, Architecture, Research and Support – Notes from the Field #063
[Note from Pinal]: This is a 63rdth episode of Notes from the Field series. Storytelling is an art very few have mastered in their life. When I requested Stuart to share his ideas about his famous blog about MARS, I really had not expected the response which I have received in…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Backups are Non-negotiable Lifeline for DBAs
I have had my share of DBA friends who have told me a number of horror stories from their experiences. Thinking back, these look like moments to laugh away but there are some serious learnings we get from these experiences. I am a personal believer of learning something in everything…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – How DBAs Have to be Proactive in Identifying and Fixing Problems Before They Happen
In real life our dear ones always love to have surprises. If we do things even before they can think, we are in for some fun for rest of the days/weeks. I vividly remember a conversation with my daughter in recent past. I had made a deal to get her…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – How to Find Weak Passwords Using T-SQL?
Recently one of my blog reader emailed me below question. Hi Pinal, Need your urgent help. In recent past, we have been attacked by the hacker who was able to get in to our SQL Server via sysadmin account and made big damage to our data. To make sure it…
Read MoreInterview Question of the Week #003 – How to Write Script for Database Cursor?
Just another day I heard a senior DBA discussing advantages and disadvantages of the cursor. Well, personally I am a firm believer of the set based operations. However, there are few places where cursors are the only solutions. It is quite possible that different experts have different opinion about cursor;…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Watching Table Variable Data in TempDB
I cannot get enough of working with TempDB and the learning never stops. Previously, when I wrote about SQL SERVER – Is tempDB behaving like a Normal DB?, SQL SERVER – Inside Temp Table Object Creation and Difference TempTable and Table Variable – TempTable in Memory a Myth many did…
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