Earlier today I had the opportunity to release the September update of Database Health Monitor. This is version 2.91. One of the updates is a new feature called aliasing, where you can add a tag to the name of the server in the tree view on the left hand side as shown in the picture below. The first database in …

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Today I released the November 2018 (version 2.6.6) release of Database Health Monitor. Version 2.6.6 Release Notes Version 2.6.6 is the November 2018 Release of Database Health Monitor New Features in 2.6.6 Added a check in the Quick Scan report for databases running on an older compatibility level. Added a check to the Quick Scan report for serializable transactions. Added …

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The SQL Server compatibility level is a SQL Server setting. This is the setting that controls some of the features of how the SQL Server database engine runs, for instance the cardinality estimator. Some people have found problems with certain queries when updating to SQL Server 2016 for instance due to the changes in the cardinality estimator.   If you …

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