For T-SQL Tuesday, Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) gives a little detail on something he learned this week about altering a column from NOT NULL to NULL.
Continue Reading »Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) describes the new SQL Server 2014 feature, Delayed Durability, and puts it through its paces.
Continue Reading »SQL Sentry's Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) does some deeper testing on triggers, showing that INSTEAD OF triggers are worth a look.
Continue Reading »Paul Randal (@PaulRandal), CEO and owner of SQLskills.com, discusses monitoring the transaction log, as he rounds out his series on transaction log configuration and management.
Continue Reading »SQL Sentry's Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) takes a quick look at performance of encrypted backups in SQL Server 2014, and points out a couple of other things you'll want to know before implementing the feature.
Continue Reading »Paul Randal (@PaulRandal) of SQLskills.com discusses the myth that DROP and TRUNCATE operations are not logged, and shows that this is simply not true.
Continue Reading »Jonathan Kehayias (@SQLPoolBoy) of SQLskills.com takes a look at snapshot performance, with some surprising observations about what happens if you have more than one concurrent snapshot.
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