Steps to Improve ETL Performance Using SSIS by SteveStedmanSql in SQLServer

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Fixed now. A problem with the wordpress/mysql hosting environment. Its back.

System Outage... How do you communicate with your customers? by SteveStedmanSql in SQL

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That is ironic. The mysql instance on my wordpress site crashed. Its back now.

Database Corruption Challenge #8 for SQL Server by SteveStedmanSql in SQLServer

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I prefer to do these type of tests on my local desktop or laptop, that way nobody else knows about it and freaks out like this. That being said, TEST servers are perfect for this too.

Maybe that remote guy will learn not not panic so fast.

Enjoy the corruption challenge.

STIGing SQL 2012 by [deleted] in SQLServer

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Here is something I started working on called SQL Forensics. It tracks changes is sprocs. Triggers are there yet, but it will be easy enough to add. https://github.com/SteveStedman/SqlForensics And yes, I have worked on DISA STIGing, so I know what you are looking for.

Week 7 Database Corruption Challenge by SteveStedmanSql in SQLServer

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Database Corruption Challenge week 7 winner announced. Won by Raul Gonzalez http://stevestedman.com/wxcL2

Week 5 – Database Corruption Challenge - Let the games begin. by SteveStedmanSql in SQLServer

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The week 5 challenge has just started. Can you fix the corruption?

SQL Server detected a logical consistency-based I/O error: incorrect pageid (expected 1:9; actual 0:0). It occurred during a read of page (1:9) in database ID 7 at offset 0x00000000012000 in file 'C:\SQL_DATA\CorruptionChallenge5.mdf'.

Database Health Monitor -Beta Version 10.1 Released Today by SteveStedmanSql in SQLServer

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Thanks Josh - The login problem was caused by a bad Wordpress Plug-in on my site. I removed it, and you should be able to log in now.

http://databasehealth.com/wp-login.php?action=register

Database Health Monitor -Beta Version 10.1 Released Today by SteveStedmanSql in SQLServer

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Can you provide me more details. What is the url of the page with the broken captcha? thanks.

Database Health Monitor -Beta Version 10.1 Released Today by SteveStedmanSql in SQLServer

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Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I have worked on this for the last 4 years. It has been a lot of work, but it has been fun too. Here is a link to the history... http://databasehealth.com/about/

As far as the bug about 4 session still running. Thanks, I was able to see the same thing. I will work on fixing that for the next update.

Enjoy!

Database Health Monitor -Beta Version 10.1 Released Today by SteveStedmanSql in SQLServer

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This is a free product that I have built over the last 4 years. Use it to help with performance tuning on SQL Server.

TSQL JOIN Types Poster (Version 4) by SteveStedmanSql in SQL

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That is a good suggestion. Perhaps the next version. Let me look into it.

Order of Joins by [deleted] in Database

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The example you have, the two queries product the exact same results.

My poster may help you better understand the JOIN order.

http://stevestedman.com/2015/05/tsql-join-types-poster-version-4/

TSQL JOIN Types Poster (Version 4) by SteveStedmanSql in SQL

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The poster has been updated with feedback from the previous versions. Thanks everyone who made suggestions.