Check trace flag 3226, understand suppressed backup success messages, and use msdb history to monitor backups without log noise.
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Maximizing SQL Server Security: Instance Hiding vs SQL Browser Disable
Let us learn more today in this blog about Maximizing SQL Server Security: Instance Hiding vs SQL Browser Disable.
Forecasting the Disk-Full Date From a Daily File Size History
Free space today cannot tell you when the drive fills up. Save daily file sizes and let a short query turn the growth into a date.
SQL SERVER – What is Instance Hiding? How to do it?
In this blog post, I’ll share a real-life success story of how instance hiding significantly strengthened SQL Server security for one of my clients.
SQL SERVER – Troubleshooting Common CSV Import Issues
Let us explore Troubleshooting Common CSV Import Issues. Importing data from CSV files into SQL Server is a common task.
MySQL – Identifying Unused Indexes in Databases
Unused indexes slow down writes and waste space. Identifying unused indexes in your MySQL database is easy with INFORMATION_SCHEMA. Here is how.
SQL SERVER – Stored Procedures to Check for Pythagorean Triples
I wanted to share another useful programming technique for learning math – using stored procedures to check for Pythagorean triples.
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Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.
Pinal has authored 19 books and 125 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.
Pinal is also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).
Nupur Dave is a social media enthusiast and an independent consultant. She primarily focuses on the database domain, helping clients build short and long-term multi-channel campaigns to drive leads for their sales pipeline.
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