Recently there has been a rise in number of error messages regarding certificates in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). This is because of the breaking change that has […]
Warning: SQL71562: Procedure: [dbo].[Someproc] has an unresolved reference to object [Targetdb].[dbo].[TargetDb].
Recently I came across an issue I have faced multiple time before but unlike previous times I was not able to fix the issue., the problem was that […]
Should you monitor Logical Reads
The argument that reducing logical reads isn’t crucial because they occur in memory and are fast compared to physical reads is indeed valid on the surface. However, it’s […]
How to Setup and Configure Query Store in MS SQL Server
Query Store is a powerful feature in Microsoft SQL Server that serves as a performance monitoring and troubleshooting tool. It essentially acts as a database-wide flight data recorder, […]
ADR new features in SQL 2022 – multithreaded version store
Accelerated database recovery is one of those features that was introduced in SQL 2019 and you have probably been enjoying its benefits without ever knowing how much it […]
How to modify a bacpac file – Moving databases from Azure SQL to SQL VM
When working with Azure SQL databases one of the challenges is how difficult it is to move data across environments. Say for example we have a production database […]
Modifying a bacpac file
When working with Azure SQL databases one of the biggest irritants is the lack of access to backup files. A lot of the time we need to refresh […]
Updating Stats in Azure SQL Database
Recently we were having some issues with DTU utilization in Microsoft SQL Azure. One of the troubleshooting steps that was suggested was the update statistics and rebuild indexes. […]
Query to find execution time of Jobs
Recently we have been facing couple of issues with regard to the way the jobs have been scheduled. To investigate this, we needed a query that can identify the execution […]
Boolean Hell – Missed rows when grouping in SQL
I was recently asked about the concept of Boolean hell and thought it would be a good post to discuss. Most database professionals should be familiar with the […]