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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 be erroring, maybe you value
Index Maintenance: Automating Azure with Elastic Jobs
We often see companies not doing index maintenance in Azure. This will get you started because Index Maintenance with Elastic Jobs is easy.
Parallelism in SQL Server
Parallelism in SQL Server can significantly improve query performance by allowing multiple processors or cores to work together.
How To: Clear Backup History
SQL Server should clear up system tables, but doesn’t. And that’s a problem. This post shows you how to clear backup history.
SQL Server and the (not so mysterious) Mystery of Three-Valued Logic
SQL Server’s three-valued logic is a concept that extends the traditional two-valued logic to include a third value, known as NULL. Three-valued logic is used to handle cases where the value of a column in a database table is unknown or not applicable. Get to grips with this complex idea.
How To: Running SQL Jobs with Azure Functions
In my previous blog post I introduced Azure Automation and Runbooks and showed how to automate index maintenance using these Azure technologies. This blog post is