Introduction Docker is perfect for launching DEV and TEST SQL Server environments, when you need many independent SQL instances, or ability to run and stop instances in seconds, only when you need them. Launched from one common image (1GB in …
SQL Server 2017 and 2019 on Docker inside Synology DS918+ Read more »
Introduction You developed a new TSQL code and want to check is there a slow SQL statement inside and which is it? Or you debug the code and want to know which statement throws error, maybe inside of a trigger …
Do you use ROWVERSION/TIMESTAMP to pull changed data? If you do, you might experience a problem – not all changed rows are pulled, some are skipped. How can that be, if we pulled entire range of rowverion changes with no …
There is often confusion between Login and User in SQL Server. What is the difference and what is the link? I hope to clear that out in this short video:
In a few days I am traveling to Iceland for the first time in life. A land of lava, ice caves and Aurora Borealis. There is a SQL Saturday conference organized by local SQL community that I am looking forward …
Introduction Server is sometimes slow and you want to know why? Here is a lightweight performance logging kit which will give you the answer. It supports SQL Server and SQL Azure Databases. Perfmon part also can be used on any …
Introduction Demonstration of the smallest possible deadlock: only one statement, one table, one row. Without transactions (no BEGIN TRANSACTION). Even RCSI (Read Committed Snapshot Isolation) is turned ON to eliminate shared locks. Everything is “by the book” as Books Online …
It is SQL Server user group in Basel, after spending short time in Zürich. I am very happy to meet people there. Presentation will be very useful and interesting, and you are more than welcome to register and get there!
Recently, for the first time in my life I had a customer from India. A far away, beautiful country I had never opportunity to visit, with 1.3 billion of people. I thought it would be interesting experience, and it was indeed. …
I am honored to be selected to speak in not one but two sessions of SQL Server conference Kulendayz 2017. The topics are “Tuning optional filters” and “Mirror Killer in SQL 2016&2017 Standard Edition”. There are also other great speaks …
