Have you seen our Managed Services offering? Managed Services for SQL Servers has become one of the largest parts of our business, and we have even expanded the managed services team now to 4 people supporting clients SQL Servers. A short video where I describe the managed services offering that we have at Stedman Solutions to support SQL Servers. We …
Join Us for This Live Event – Tuesday 20th – 1pm pacific / 4pm eastern These engaging broadcasts will bring valuable content each week! This weekly event offers excellent opportunities to enhance your SQL skills and expand your knowledge in the field. Join us every Tuesday at 1pm PST as the Stedman Solutions Team will answer question submissions regarding your …
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Today Microsoft released a new update for SQL Server. SQL Server 2019 CU21 for 2019 (15.0.4316.3 – June 2023) CU18 + GDR (15.0.4280.7 – February 2023) 2023-06-15 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: NoneCU5 …
There are 2 perspectives here to the DBA on vacation, typically in an organization with only a single DBA so there is no cross coverage when someone goes on vacation. The view as the DBA: I have done everything that I can to prepare the systems for vacation, but still I end up getting called for some regular maintenance job …
Introducing – Live SQL Discussion with Stedman Solutions We are thrilled to share the exciting news that our team will now be hosting weekly live streams! This means you can look forward to regular, engaging broadcasts and get your SQL Server questions answered from us on a consistent basis. We can’t wait to connect with you in real-time and bring …
Hello SQL Server enthusiasts, Throughout my SQL Server journey, I’ve come to appreciate the critical role that data aggregation plays in extracting meaningful insights from data. With this in mind, I have created a course on Teachable called “Aggregating Data in Your SQL Queries.” https://stedman.us/aggregation I’m eager to share some of the compelling benefits that this course offers and explain …
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The CHECK_POLICY option is a security feature in SQL Server that is used to enforce password policy settings for SQL authenticated logins. When CHECK_POLICY is set to ON, SQL Server will check the password for a login against the password policy defined in the operating system. This can help ensure that passwords used for SQL authenticated logins are strong and …
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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 …
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 …
DBCC DBREINDEX is a has been announced to be deprecated for more than 10 years ago, meaning it may disappear in future versions of SQL Server. DBCC DBREINDEX is a database console command (DBCC) in Microsoft SQL Server that can be used to rebuild the indexes of a database. DBCC DBReIndex has been deprecated meaning that Microsoft has announced that …