Strangest Things, Pt. 3: Linked Servers in SQL
As a consultant, you experience different environments, with different architectures, different skill sets, and different processes. Usually there’s just one
August 13, 2019
Tag: #sqlserver2014
Strangest Things in SQL Server, Part 2
Strangest Things Pt 2: 505 executions per second I’ve been a SQL Server DBA for more than 20 years and
July 15, 2019
Spectre and Meltdown Exploits
In recent weeks, a significant security risk was exposed. This exploit has been named in two fashions: Spectre and Meltdown. We at SSG
January 18, 2018
Easy Permissions Audit
Something I have written about more than a handful of times is the need to audit. When people think about
February 13, 2017
sp_server_diagnostics – Black Box Recorder
A few months back I began a series about the SQL Black Box Recorder, that you can read here, with
July 26, 2016
Technical Debt, Database Design and the Days of Reckoning
No one who has been around this planet for more than a few decades is unaware of the saying, “You
May 24, 2016