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SQL Server Hardware Choices Made Easy by Glenn Berry – a quick review
I have come across Glenn Berry’s e-book by accident on twitter while ago by accident, downloaded it and then liked it very much. I have read it over one evening and first thing I did next day after...
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Object whitespace-naming madness
Have you ever tried creating objects and giving them strange names? I made some experiment at one of lab servers, main focus was space (you know, the long key at the bottom of the keyboard :D). So,...
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Building a clustered test lab with Windows Server 2012 RC and SQL Server 2012...
I have already described what my test lab at home looks like, however I find it interesting enough to provide details how to set it up. This post will be first in series and will cover planning and...
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Late start into 2014
Long time no post. There’s a number of reasons for that, all of them “overridden” by my laziness. :) I had a strong resolution of keeping good progress with the blog, but reality proved otherwise....
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How to find potential missing indexes in a database
In previous posts (here and here), I described the methods I use to monitor and maintain indexes. This is a next chapter – let’s try to find candidates for new indexes or hints for extending existing...
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Some common problems with users and logins and their solution
After few posts devoted to indexes it’s time to look at something else. Let’s see some common problems with users and logins, and methods of overcoming them. These are the basic and most frequently...
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Enumerating SQL Server instances in a network with Power Shell
Ever wondered how many SQL Server instances are there in your network? Or maybe you wanted to check a settings or run a script on all of them? Of course you can use Registered Servers functionality and...
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Index maintenance revisited
It’s almost a month since my post on index maintenance based on fragmentation, in which I attempted to show what can be done using simple script and some DMVs. There was some discussion on LinkedIn...
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What is an index – a theory (part 1/4 – dense and sparse indexes)
Since I had written a few posts about indexes before, I thought it would be good to shed some light on theory behind indexes in SQL Server. It would be divided into four parts: Dense and sparse indexes...
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[Story] Awful scripting
It happened to me few years ago, while I still was more developer than a DBA. I needed to create a database in development environment with identical structure to the one in production. Easy thing, you...
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