Steve Stedman

Managing a SQL Server environment can be a daunting task, especially for businesses without a dedicated DBA team. SQL Server issues can lead to significant downtime, data corruption, and performance bottlenecks that can impact your bottom line. At Stedman Solutions, we specialize in SQL Server managed services, ensuring your systems run smoothly, securely, and efficiently. Here’s why our services are …

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The CHECK_EXPIRATION option is a security feature of SQL Server that allows you to enforce password expiration for SQL Server logins. When this option is set to ON for a login, it requires the login to change its password after a certain period of time has passed. Setting the CHECK_EXPIRATION option to ON for all SQL authenticated logins within the …

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Top 4 SQL Server Performance Tuning Mistakes and How Stedman Solutions Can Help 1. Ignoring Index Fragmentation Mistake: Over time, indexes become fragmented, leading to inefficient data retrieval and slower query performance. Solution: Stedman Solutions uses Database Health Monitor to regularly check for and address index fragmentation, ensuring your SQL Server remains optimized. 2. Poorly Written Queries Mistake: Inefficient queries …

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Today Microsoft released a new update for SQL Server. SQL Server 2008 None 2024-06-07 Here are the latest updates for each version of SQL Server. SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Download links: SP3 (10.50.6000.34 – September 2014) SP2 (10.50.4000.0 – July 2012)None   SQL Server 2022 RTM Download links: NoneCU13 for 2022 (16.0.4125.3 – May 2024) CU12 + GDR (16.0.4120.1 – April 2024) …

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Out of all of the customers we have running our daily monitoring here are the versions of SQL Server that are being run. All the data is sanitized, so there is no private client information to expose here. What is this service? With this service we detect and alert you of any issues that arise on your SQL Server. Then …

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DBCC OPENTRAN is a DBCC command in Microsoft SQL Server that can be used to display information about the oldest active transaction in the database. This can be useful for troubleshooting issues with long-running transactions, as it can help identify the cause of the problem and allow you to take appropriate action to resolve it. To use DBCC OPENTRAN, you …

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Wait statistics, in the context of SQL Server, refer to the amount of time that a query spends waiting to access data in the database. When a client application requests data from the database, the request is placed in a queue and the client application must wait for its turn to access the data. The time that the query spends …

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Performance tuning in SQL Server is an essential aspect of database management that focuses on optimizing database performance and efficiency. This includes activities such as query optimization, indexing strategies, and server configuration. The Performance Tuning Course from Steve Stedman can help you as the student learn how to performance tune your SQL Server. Find out more about this Performance Tuning …

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Foreign keys are a fundamental aspect of relational databases, as they enforce referential integrity between related tables. However, foreign key relationships can also cause performance issues, particularly if the foreign key is untrusted. An untrusted foreign key occurs when SQL Server is unable to verify the relationship between two tables, potentially leading to performance issues and data inconsistencies. The Database …

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At Stedman Solutions we have done many corruption repairs since 2015. When I talk about corruption, most of this information comes from real world scenarios that actually happened at different businesses that we were part of recovering… or not part of recovering if things were completely gone. Transcribed from a presentation on Database Corruption by Steve Stedman and Derrick Bovenkamp. …

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