November Blog Post Wrap-up

SQL Server Cyber Week

Surprise! It’s Cyber Week at Stedman Solutions

All SQL Server Courses are 30% off – Nov. 29th – Dec. 5th

Use Coupon Code at Checkout : CYBERSALE30

Now’s Your Chance – Course Open For Enrollment

Our SQL Server Backup and Recovery Course is ready for students! Priced at $99/year or $179/lifetime access (scroll down for sale details) Our main goal for this course is to determine if you have the right backup and recovery strategy… Read more…

Xp_delete_file and Preemptive_Os_GetProcAddress waits

If you are noticing a number of waits showing up on your SQL Server of type PREEMPTIVE_OS_GETPROCADDRESS and it is linked to the system procedure xp_delete_file the you may want to look at your backup cleanup jobs. Lets take… Read more…

What is your favorite SQL Server DBA Interview question?

Over the last 30+ years of working with SQL Server, I have seen a lot of interview questions relating to SQL Server. I have been on both sides of the interview table, sometimes wondering what the person on the other… Read more…

Database Health Monitor Preview

I am working on a big update to Database Health Monitor that I expect to release near the end of the year. So far I am sharing the beta with a few people to try it out before it… Read more…

Raving Fan November 2021

Steve and his team quickly assessed our MS SQL corruption situation, advised on the best course of action and expertly effected fixes with no data loss or downtime. Highly recommended – speak to the people who have been there done… Read more…

Dangerous Versions of SQL Server

There are a few versions of SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2014 that are known to cause corruption in certain situations. These versions are: 2012 versions between 11.0.2100 and 11.0.3436 2012 versions between 11.0.5058 and 11.0.5521 2014 versions between… Read more…

What Training Class Do You Want to See?

Now that we have 5 training classes done (or almost done), I am starting to think about what training class I want to create next. The original 5 are: SQL JOIN Types Getting Started with SQL Server The Database Health… Read more…

Free Ransomware Awareness Class

With so many recent contacts from possible clients who have been hit by ransomware, I have seen too many companies completely lose their entire SQL Server databases, their backups, and any hope of recovery. I have even seen a few… Read more…