ArithAbort and SQL Agent Failures
A mystery staring arithabort. I was coding along one day, working on rolling out some monitoring for a client—monitoring that
August 5, 2014
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Moving Databases to New Drives: A Real-world Case Study Involving 120 Databases
Moving databases is a common enough task for the DBA, and there are multiple ways to move physical database files
July 29, 2014
The DBA is Resurrected
Do a Google search for “the DBA” and one of the top auto-fill results will be “…is dead.” In recent months
July 22, 2014
SQL Go Fast button
When investigating a performance issue, the desired end result is already known… you need to make the queries run faster.
July 15, 2014
SQLSaturday and SSG
A quick glance at our Events page shows that SQL Solutions Group is committed to supporting PASS (Professional Association for
July 8, 2014
Synonyms in SQL Server – Good and Bad
When SQL Server 2005 was released, a nifty little feature was included called synonyms. Despite being around since SQL Server
July 1, 2014
Forrester on Benefits of Outsourcing Database Administration
A new report from Forrester Research, Inc., “Outsourcing Database Administration Saves Money, Improves IT Productivity” concludes that moving the DBA
June 26, 2014
SQL Solutions Group Sponsors Sacramento SQLSaturday Event
Lehi, UT, June 26, 2014 — SQL Solutions Group, a full-service database consultancy in Utah, is co-sponsoring the PASS SQLSaturday
June 26, 2014
An SSIS design pattern for capturing and reporting on bad data
One of the requirements of ETL is ensuring that bad data does not cause the whole ETL process to stop
June 24, 2014