This week, some of my Twitter followers were kind enough to chime in on a topic near and dear to my heart: the proper caretaking of SQL Server. Here is some of what we said. Me: Common scenario: A company has databases, but no “assigned” DBA. So, broken backups, no maintenance, no disaster recovery. Guys? I […]
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Invitation to T-SQL Tuesday #040: File and Filegroup Wisdom
Hello and welcome to the third T-SQL Tuesday of 2013! Over three years ago, Adam Machanic (Twitter) dreamed up the idea of T-SQL Tuesday: Each month a blog will host the party, and about a week before the second Tuesday of the month a theme will be posted. Any blogger that wishes to participate is […]
FileTable: SQL Server 2012’s little gasp-maker
When was the last time you looked at a SQL Server new feature list and said, “Ohhh, WOW!”? Was it around March of last year? No? Then you might have missed something really, really cool. Let me introduce you to my friend, SQL Server 2012’s FileTable. A Brief History of Files Before SQL Server 2008, […]