Blog Post: How to add node to SQL Server Failover Cluster from SQL Server...
Steps : How to add node to SQL Server Failover Cluster from SQL Server 2008 onwards ? 1) Open SQL Server Installation Center Click Installation from Left Click Add node to a SQL Server Failover...
View ArticleBlog Post: The default autogrowth settings do NOT come from the Model database.
I recently saw a question about How to inherit autogrowth settings . They commented that while the new database GUI seemed to inherit the autogrowth settings from the model DB the CREATE DATABASE...
View ArticleBlog Post: Video: Designing Stored Procedure Solutions
My new session for 2014, “Designing Stored Procedure Solutions”, is now up on the Sessions page: abstract, video, and code! This month, I gave this session at the Oklahoma City SQL Server User Group‘s...
View ArticleBlog Post: [SQL Snacks Video] SQL Server Table Partitioning 103
Welcome back for part 3 of my SQL Snack Pack on Table Partitioning! If you have not watched the first two videos, I would highly encourage you to do so. In this third video I will discuss the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #81
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” ( so exciting ), follow me on twitter ( @StrateSQL ). And see these throughout the day as I tweet out...
View ArticleBlog Post: PowerShell-Input-Validation Scripts
Input values are validated using various mechanisms. let’s start by examining how you would validate input parameters in Windows PowerShell 2.0 The Inputs are validated for the below mentioned...
View ArticleBlog Post: Installing and Configuring Active Directory in Window Server 2012
Hello Friends, Sometimes life is so uneasy that you didn’t get time for the work which you like the most. Now those days are gone so I am back.It’s been months I haven’t written anything . I have...
View ArticleBlog Post: Data Source Connectivity for Scheduled Data Refresh in Power BI
As discussed in my earlier blog entry about when a gateway is required , we know that if you need to schedule a daily or weekly refresh for a Power BI workbook that's up in a Power BI site, and it...
View ArticleBlog Post: DBA Myths: TRUNCATE TABLE deletes all the rows of a table instantly.
Most DBAs and developers I’ve talked to over the years have felt that TRUNCATE TABLE is an instant DELETE. However would you believe that it doesn’t actually delete the data from the pages at all?...
View ArticleBlog Post: Understanding SQL Server High Availability Options: Disaster...
This blog post is adapted from a Dell webcast, “Understanding High Availability Options in SQL Server,” featuring SQL Server experts Richard Douglas and Tim Ford. You can listen to the entire webcast...
View ArticleBlog Post: Modern Data Warehousing Presentation
I will be presenting the session “Modern Data Warehousing” on Saturday at the PASS SQLSaturday Business Analytics edition in Dallas at 4:30pm CST ( info ). The abstract for my session is below. I...
View ArticleBlog Post: Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #80
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” ( so exciting ), follow me on twitter ( @StrateSQL ). And see these throughout the day as I tweet out...
View ArticleBlog Post: 2014 SQL Server Editions – Overview
2014 is the latest edition of SQL Server available[/caption] SQL Server 2014 was officially released in April 4th, 2014. You can download the 120 day Enterprise edition trial version here:...
View ArticleBlog Post: 10 Reasons to Attend #SQLSat Atlanta
With just over a week and a half left it is time to register for SQL Saturday Atlanta and here are 10 reasons that you should attend. 1. Rafael Salas , twitter , ETL Architecture Chekup: Avoiding...
View ArticleBlog Post: SSMS Queries on Function Keys
By David Postlethwaite At my presentation on SQL Server Management Studio at SQL Saturday in Exeter I promised to write some articles on Gethyn’s blog about the bits I didn’t manage to cover. If you...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server Partitioning 101
I’ve worked with partitioning for quite some time now, and though it has been around for quite some time and lots has been written about the concept I recently presented an example of partitioning to...
View ArticleBlog Post: Cumulative Update – 12 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is...
The 12th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 9 contains all the hotfixes released since the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Cumulative Update – 1 for SQL Server 2014 RTM Rollback by Microsoft !
The 1st cumulative update release for SQL Server 2014 RTM was released by Microsoft. But due to issues in setup Microsoft Rollback the release of CU1 of SQL Server 2014 RTM. KB Article For CU1 of SQL...
View ArticleBlog Post: Applied SQL: Orphan a user, fix orphaned users (sp_FixOrphanedUsers)
Ever heard of orphaned users? It’s a database user account, disconnected from its associated login. You typically get this when you take a database backup, and restore it to a different server....
View ArticleBlog Post: Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #82
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” ( so exciting ), follow me on twitter ( @StrateSQL ). And see these throughout the day as I tweet out...
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