SQL Server

SQL Server: Manage large data ranges using partitioning

Introduction:  When it comes to moving ranges of data with many rows across different tables in SQL-Server, the partitioning functionality of SQL-Server can provide a good solution for manageability and performance optimizing. In this blog we will look at(…)

Attach database error (SMB Fileshare)

Starting with SQL Server 2012, SQL Server supports databases using the Server Message Block (SMB) file server as a storage option. For performance and reliability reasons, SMB 3.0 or later is preferred to use.For architectures like Always(…)

PosgreSQL + SQL Server = WiltonDB – Part 1 – Installation

I know,  few years ago, it was uncredible to associate SQL Server & PostgreSQL or see Microsoft in the Open source world. 😉 The world changes and we follow it… My colleague Daniel Westermann will enjoy that(…)

Boost dynamic SQL with Plan Guides

Recently a customer asked me to check why a load process from a banking application has so poor performance.In fact this process is extremely slow, between 40 minutes up to more than one hour to load around 240’000 rows.

SQL Server Integrated acceleration & offloading

Introduction I was asked by one of my customers to have a look at the SQL Server 2022 Integrated acceleration & offloading feature. The goal of it is to provide a framework for offloading specific SQL Server workload compute(…)

The Case of FileTable with Basic Availability Groups

Using FileTables with Basic Availability Groups in SQL Server offers a robust solution for storing non-relational data but requires careful management due to potential risks like data corruption during long transactions and failovers. While BAG ensures data integrity, challenges arise(…)

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,(…)