What are Ghost Records and How to Clean Them Up?
I loved this question when I received it last week in my SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop.
SQL SERVER – Simple Explanation of AT TIME ZONE Feature
Recently I received a simple question about AT TIME ZONE feature. This is the new feature which is introduced in SQL Server 2016 and later version of the SQL Server. As this is a relatively new feature the adoption of this feature is also a bit slow. However, let us understand how this function really works in a few simple words.
SQL SERVER – New DMV in SQL Server 2017 – sys.dm_os_enumerate_fixed_drives. A Replacement of xp_fixeddrives
Looking at the way SQL has evolved, there are changes coming up in SQL Server 2017 which would help it run on Windows and Linux platforms. Let us learn about dm_os_enumerate_fixed_drives.
SQL SERVER – 7 Important Things to Remember While Taking Effective Backup
In this blog post we will discuss 10 things to remember while taking effective backup for SQL Server.
SQL SERVER – How to Move SQL Server Cluster to Different Domain?
One of my blog readers sent an email where he wanted my quick opinion about SQL Server cluster.
SQL SERVER – Convert Decimal to Time Format in String
A very strange question I received the other day in an email about how to convert decimal to time format string.
SQL SERVER – How to Create Linked Server to SQL Azure Database?
If you take the normal approach to create a linked server to SQL Azure Database, then you would end up in below error message.