Method to update LOB data with minimal log
Use the .WRITE (expression, @Offset,@Length) clause to perform a partial or full update of varchar(max), nvarchar(max), and varbinary(max) data types. For example, a partial update of
How to enable stretch database
After the tip https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/5526/how-to-setup-and-use-a-sql-server-stretch-database/ I made a video to show step by step how to enable stretch database.
Using wait stats on SQL Server
I wrote two posts about wait stats: What wait means About SQL Server saving wait stats on DMVs Now, going
Execution runtime information for developers ;)
Developers should use this statistics to get more information about what they just did and pay attention to high physical
Using SQL Operations Studio Agent
SQL Operations Studio Agent is visual way to see, edit and create SQL Server jobs and everybody was asking this
How to install SQL Server SQLPS Powershell module
SQLPS module to Powershell helps to do so many things on SQL Server without SSMS and the main objective is
Troubleshooting Transactional Replication – part 1
The common way to replicate data and objects from one server to another is using transactional replication. As you know, SQL Server processes
How update works in transactional replication?
In a post about how update works I showed what happened when run an update with the same values. SQL Server
Database migration methods
When thinking about migration the most common issue is downtime. There are some methods that require downtime like backup/restore or
SqlPackage a tool to import/export SQL Server and Azure SQL DB
SqlPackage is a command-line utility that you can use for exporting and importing operations in both on-premises SQL Server databases
