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An Introduction to SQL Server Performance Tuning

Streamlining the performance of SQL Server is not just a best practice; it's a critical undertaking that defines the efficiency and...

Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures

Guide To SQL Server Stored Procedures In The Database A SQL stored procedure is a set of SQL statements that are written once and then...

What Is SQL Reporting Services?

What are Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and associated tools?

What is Microsoft SQL Server?

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed and marketed by Microsoft.

SQL Server Locking, Blocking, And Deadlocks

Information on SQL Server Locking and Blocking - How to detect, manage and kill blockers - Sample T-SQL code for blocking alerts

SQL Server, Statistics

In SQL Server, statistics are used by the query optimizer to determine the most efficient way to execute a query. Statistics are created...

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About TDE But Where Afraid To Ask

Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) encrypts the data within the physical files of the database. If you do not possess the original...

Stopping the Unstoppable SQL Agent

A client recently needed to stop and re-start their SQL Agent so that settings changes to SQL Mail would take effect and the we could...

Install SQL 2019

For any one out there who needs to know the steps to install SQL 2019 here are the steps that I use. I did not install machine learning,...

SQL Server 2016 and 2019 Support Ending

Introduction Microsoft has officially ended mainstream support for SQL Server 2016. With this version of SQL Server support ending, many...