Removing Stubborn Partitions in SQL Server
What are stubborn partitions in SQL Server and how do you delete them? This was an interesting issue I recently had
April 11, 2025
Author: Rich Benner
SSMS Essential Settings
With the recent announcement by Microsoft that they’re removing Azure Data Studio alongside the release of the new 64-bit version
March 20, 2025
Exploring SSMS 21
Microsoft recently announced SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS 21). Here’s a quick look at what’s included in this latest iteration.
January 8, 2025
Following a Structure When Performance Tuning, Part 3: Common Performance Problems
This is part three of the blog series on following a structure when performance tuning. From the previous posts (part
September 10, 2024
Following a Structure When Performance Tuning, Part 2: Identifying Problem Statements
If you’ve followed along with the previous blog, you’ll now have a way to re-run and test your query as
July 31, 2024
Following a Structure When Performance Tuning, Part 1
So, you have a database or block of code. You’ve been told to “make it fast” but you’re not sure
July 15, 2024
Contained Availability Groups in SQL Server 2022
SQL Server 2022 brought us Contained Availability Groups. This post outlines the new features and some of the pitfalls that we have seen.
May 22, 2024
SQL Server Antipatterns: Common Mistakes with SQL Code
In today’s tech-saturated world, we expect developers to have a broad range of skills and programming languages at their disposal,
February 21, 2024
SQL Server on a Diet: Improve the health of your database
We often see databases that are simply larger than they need to be. This is usually attributable to technical debt
December 14, 2023
Blindsided by Database Corruption
Maybe a user has reported some data is unavailable, maybe you’ve received an error message on a report that shouldn’t
September 20, 2023