SQL Server

SQL Server: How to shrink the T-log file for a lot of old user-databases

Recently I have the case that a customer has a lot of databases not more used but need to be accessible at any time. In this case, we had a lot of T-log with the size when there(…)

Sql Konferenz 2023 in Hanau, Germany

Introduction It was a very great pleasure to participate to the Sql Server konferenz 2023 in Hanau, Germany, the 12 and 13 September 2023. I went with my colleague Petar, of the same Microsoft Sql Server team by(…)

SQL Konferenz 2023 in Hanau – Meet Tame, the data monster

After 2 years, or even 3 years? The organizers could not agree, the SQL Conference took place again in Hanau. 73 speakers have taught us in over 80 sessions with their experience as well as knowledge new.

MongoDB: How to translate SQL to MongoDB commands

Introduction Hi everybody If you work with databases, you will be familiar with the two main philosophies used in this domain: The SQL philosophy (RDBMS) and, of course, NoSQL databases.Some examples of SQL databases are Oracle and Postgres,(…)

SQL Server Tools: First steps with go-sqlcmd tool on Windows Server 2022

As you know, with the new version of SSMS since the version 18, the tools like sqlcmd are no more included in the installation. You need to download separately the tools that you need here Few(…)

SQL Server Tips: CMS – Connection Error: -2146893019 Severity: 20

Few days ago, I install new instances SQL Server 2022 and the new SSMS by a customer and when I register the instances in the Central Management Servers (CMS), I was surprise by the error coming from the connection(…)

An overview of “Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: everything for an efficient migration” event by dbi services

Is the Oracle Cloud a hot topic for you? dbi services organized an event about the Cloud today in Lausanne: "Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: everything for an efficient migration".

SQL Server: Is this ad hoc workload an issue?

I ran into an interesting scenario with a customer that I want to share in this blog post.This customer is running a data-loading activity on a monthly basis from his business application.He did not complain about the performance, the(…)

SQL Server: How Correlation assumptions work for multiple predicates

SQL Server 2022 introduced “CE Feedback“, a feature that adjusts some Cardinality Estimation model assumptions at a query level by applying Query Store hints. In this blog post, I’ll use an example query(…)

SQL Server: How to see your enable security protocols (TLS/SSL/DTLS) with a TSQL Query?

First, a little explanation about TLS, DTLS & SSL: TLS is Transport Layer Security. It’s a cryptographic protocol to provide communication security over the network. DTLS is the abbreviation of Datagram Transport Layer Security. It’s also a cryptographic protocol(…)