Blog Post: #0344 – SQL Server – Missing Configuration Manager on Windows 8
Microsoft SQL Server comes with a very powerful configuration manager which can be used to manage the SQL Server services and control network visibility and footprint. Working without the SQL Server...
View ArticleBlog Post: September 2014 – SQL Server Monthly Maintenance Checklist
image source It’s time for a monthly reminder to review you SQL Server environment. As with anything, just because it appears to be running well, doesn’t mean that there isn’t an unknown element...
View ArticleBlog Post: Create Your Own Relationships Between Tables In The Excel Data...
You probably know that, when you are importing data from multiple tables in SQL Server into the Excel Data Model in Excel 2013 using Power Query, Power Query will automatically create relationships...
View ArticleBlog Post: Two simple commands that can be a big help in performance tuning.
The first thing that always comes to mind when discussing performance tuning is query plans and rightly so. They are the best information about what a query is doing and so how to improve it. However...
View ArticleBlog Post: Tuesday Tips: Focus on Core Objectives to Manage Dual...
In a previous Tuesday Tips post we provided a look at the primary business metrics that DBAs should balance in order to optimize database management. As if that balancing act weren’t enough, the...
View ArticleBlog Post: CDC job failing with “Unable to add entries to the Change Data...
I got a chance work on CDC job failure issue recently. The customer had configured CDC on the database but it wasn’t working as expected. Hence he had disabled/enabled CDC multiple times on this...
View ArticleBlog Post: Configuring PowerShell Remoting with Group Policy
Last week I promised a post on enabling PowerShell Remoting when we discussed automating service account password updates . So, let’s break down the two methods. First we have the manual method. For...
View ArticleBlog Post: How to Start SQL Server in Single User Mode ?
Sometime, We caught in a situation where we need to run SQL server in single user mode. Issues like Master DB restore, Sysadmin locked out etc. Steps to start SQL Server in Single User Mode :- 1) Stop...
View ArticleBlog Post: Pausing an MSSQL Instance
I’m sure most of you have looked at the control options of the SQL services right? Start an instance, stop an instance, pause an instance. Start, stop, pause. Wait just a minute! Is this SQL Server or...
View ArticleBlog Post: Dear IT Guy, Customer Service is part of your job
It may be true that you are one of a kind, a true techie with specialized skills that are hard to find and hire for. One thing that is more true is that customer service is still very much a big part...
View ArticleBlog Post: Friday Followup For September 5, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re not doing any real work anyway. Posts That Were Popular This Week Automated Source...
View ArticleBlog Post: Get Ready to Learn SQL Server: What is a Database NULL Value?
What is a Null Value? In databases a null value is used to represent a value is unknown. It is used to signify missing or unknown values. The keyword NULL is used to indicate these values....
View ArticleBlog Post: Reblog: August 29 to September 4
Photo credit – Travis Ever go digging through your backyard for dinosaur bones? Maybe not, but it’s worthwhile from time to time to dig out some old posts and find out if there are any undiscovered...
View ArticleBlog Post: Ramping up for SQLSaturday #320 – Raleigh, NC
In just a couple of hours I will be driving down to Raleigh for tomorrow’s SQLSaturday #320. It looks like a great line up with far too many great sessions scheduled to attend them all. Just a few...
View ArticleBlog Post: Trace File Source Adapter
The Trace File Source adapter is a useful addition to your SSIS toolbox. It allows you to read profiler traces stored as .trc files and read them into the Data Flow. From there you can perform...
View ArticleBlog Post: #0345 – SQL Server – Distributing a result set by equal number of...
Recently, a colleague brought an interesting query to me – the design for one of their modules required that records in a table be grouped into chunks of a specified integer value and each record...
View ArticleBlog Post: Power Pivot / Power Query Read-Only Connection Problems In Excel...
Anyone who has tried to do any serious work with Power Pivot and Power Query will know about this problem: you use Power Query to load some tables into the Data Model in Excel 2013; you make some...
View ArticleBlog Post: What’s on the Schedule?
For the next couple months I am going to be running around crazy. I figured I would take a few minutes to post my schedule. If nothing else to remind me of where I am supposed to be. Tuesday Sept 9 th...
View ArticleBlog Post: Tip: RECOVERY_PENDING is not the same as RECOVERING
I’ve seen this mistake more than once, from DBAs with a middling to fair amount of experience. So it bears repeating. RECOVERY_PENDING is very different from RECOVERING. Definitions RECOVERING means...
View ArticleBlog Post: SSAS Basic at SQL Saturday 341 Porto
SSAS Basics pre-conference day I have the immense honor and privilege to have been selected to do a whole day of preconference on thursday October 16th at SQL Saturday Porto – Rua Dr. António...
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