Steve Stedman

Monitoring backups is an essential part of database administration, as it ensures that you have reliable and up-to-date backups in case of data loss or corruption. The Database Health Monitor for SQL Server provides insights into backup status, enabling you to identify potential issues and take corrective action to ensure that your backups are running smoothly. The Database Health Monitor …

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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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SQL Server’s DBCC IND command is an undocumented database console command that is used to display the allocation and deallocation status of the data pages in a table or index. This command is not officially supported by Microsoft and is not intended for general use. To use the DBCC IND command, you must first connect to your SQL Server instance …

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Hey there, fellow SQL enthusiasts! I’m Steve Stedman, and I’m excited to share my latest SQL Server course on the TSQL Output Clause. If you’re like me and passionate about mastering SQL Server, then you’re in for a treat! This course is designed to help you unlock the power of the TSQL Output Clause to streamline your database operations. Check …

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CLR (Common Language Runtime) is a feature of SQL Server that allows you to create and run managed code within the database engine. Enabling CLR on SQL Server allows you to create stored procedures, triggers, and functions using languages such as C# and VB.NET. While CLR can be a useful feature, it can also be a security risk if not …

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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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