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SQL SERVER – SSMS: Configuration Changes History

July 4, 2014

As we go through each of the reports available in SQL Server Management Studio, I have an anecdote to share almost for most of them actually. I have used them extensively at different times and I am glad to share some of them via this blog series. Once a friend…

SQL SERVER – Automate Database Operations for Success – Notes from the Field #035

July 3, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Notes from the Field, SQL Scripts, SQL Server Security

[Note from Pinal]: This is a 35th episode of Notes from the Field series. Doing this faster and easier is always our goal. We all want to do things which generates maximum return of investment with least efforts. This is a catch 22 situation quite often when it is about…

SQL SERVER – Introduction to SQL Server Management Studio Reports

July 1, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Reports

I get a ton of questions over mail and one of the most theme is always around Performance tuning and troubleshooting. To add to this confusion, even my chat window mostly involve around talking about some performance problem with SQL Server. Let me tell you some of these common themes…

SQL SERVER – Find Blocking Using Blocked Process Threshold

June 30, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Activity Monitor, SQL Lock

In my previous blog I was talking about my friend Jim who was on a consulting assignment and was asking me for some help around blocking. Though the tip mentioned was of help, Jim did reach out to me the day after and had more queries. Some of these sound…

SQL SERVER – Activity Monitor to Identify Blocking – Find Expensive Queries

June 27, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Activity Monitor

Recently when I was busy working on my next course for Pluralsight, one of my friend pinged me for some help over messenger. And the conversation went on a different spin, here is a gist of what we talked and I felt this was worth a share – Me: Hi…

SQL SERVER – SSIS Component Error Outputs – Notes from the Field #034

June 26, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Notes from the Field, SQL Server, SSIS

[Notes from Pinal]: Error confuses people and stops the operations. Developer search more on error online rather than best practices. Lots of people think that SSIS is all about arranging various operations together in one logical flow. Well, the understanding is absolutely correct, but the implementation of the same is not as easy as it seems.

SQL SERVER – In-Memory Databases and Caching Wars

June 25, 2014

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Server

The In-Memory Database and In-Memory Caching market is heating up and we (the users) are the real winners. Exciting!!!