I consider myself fortunate that I get to work with so many different clients while engaged in Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. Recently we found out that one of the third party application for the client is not closing the connections which they open after completing the transactions. This was negatively affecting their performance. We immediately opened the ticket with the third party application and while they provide the solution after patching the application we decided to kill all the inactive sessions.
SQL SERVER – Global Variable @@DEF_SORTORDER_ID – Old and May be Deprecated
I always blog about things which are new and updated but today we are going to write about something which is very old and it is near deprecated. We are going to about the global variable @@DEF_SORTORDER_ID. Let us see what it is and how it was used once.
Download SQL Server Management Studio 18.0 (General Availability)
I am really happy that Microsoft has finally announced the general availability of SQL Server Management Studio 18.0. It is the latest version of SSMS available and it works flawlessly with SQL Server 2019 and earlier versions of SQL Server.
SQL SERVER – Docker Volume and Persistent Storage
I have received some rave reviews of my article on SQL SERVER – How to Get Started with Docker Containers with Latest SQL Server?. It was amazing to hear that people really get started after reading my article on docker. One of the most popular questions I keep on receiving was what happens when we have to patch or upgrade SQL Server. Well, that is a fantastic question. In today’s blog, I will explain to you how we can get Docker Volume and Persistent Storage.
SQL SERVER – Audit Script to Get CPU and Memory Information with MAXDOP Guidelines
If you are reading this blog regularly the name of Dominic Wirth may not be new for you. He has in the past sent some very interesting scripts for audit for our blog and I am including his new script in this blog which is about how to Get CPU and Memory Information with MAXDOP Guidelines.
SQL SERVER – Difference Between Azure Data Studio and SQL Server Management Studio
Earlier I blogged about SQL SERVER – Getting Started with Azure Data Studio. After reading the blog post, I receive an email from a reader asking about the primary difference between Azure Data Studio (ADS) and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Well, before we start the conversation let us see the following image.
SQL SERVER – Getting Started with Azure Data Studio
Do you still use SQL Server Management Studio or do you use Azure Data Studio? I was recently asked during my recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, Well, the answer is I am still using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) as I find it very comfortable and it still has many features which are not available in Azure Data Studio (ADS). I do not think that ADS is a replacement of SSMS. They are built for a totally different purpose for a different audience.Â