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  • SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 – Cumulative Update #11

    March 7, 2014

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    Derik Hammer

    From blogs.msdb.com: Dear Customers, The 11th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative…

  • Are your backups enough? – SQL Hammer

    February 5, 2014

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    Derik Hammer

    “You only need one thing; a backup or a résumé. Never both.” This quote certainly summarizes a very important piece of being a DBA.…

  • PRO TIP: Force table suggestions – Red-Gate SQL Prompt 6

    PRO TIP: Force table suggestions – Red-Gate SQL Prompt 6

    January 23, 2014

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    Derik Hammer

    For those SQL Prompt users, like myself, I’m sure you love its table suggestion feature. Unfortunately, there are situations where you open a query…

  • SQL Agent Monitoring – Long Running Job Queries

    SQL Agent Monitoring – Long Running Job Queries

    January 23, 2014

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    Derik Hammer

    The SQL Server alert system does a great job of handling notifications for SQL Agent job failures but if want to know if a…

  • Transactional Replication – Find the Publisher

    Transactional Replication – Find the Publisher

    January 20, 2014

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    Derik Hammer

    I manage a moderately complicated topology that includes one-way transactional replication with push subscriptions to and from several database instances. Due to my day-to-day…

  • Avoid GUID clustered index write problem – SQL Hammer

    January 15, 2014

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    Derik Hammer

    A globally unique identifier (GUID) is a great way to identify a record in your database. It can be easily created at the database…

  • Background

    November 13, 2013

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    Derik Hammer

    Background The days of restarting SQL Service with trace flags 1204 or 1222 (MSDN Detecting and Ending Deadlocks.aspx)) or being forced to start up…

  • February 2013 Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 R2 / 2012

    November 13, 2013

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    Derik Hammer

    SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update # 11 KB Article: KB #2812683 Build number is 10.50.2869 Applicable to @@VERSION 10.50.2500 through 10.50.2868…

  • Managing Multi-Instance Cluster Failovers

    Managing Multi-Instance Cluster Failovers

    November 13, 2013

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    Derik Hammer

    A couple of weeks ago I was reviewing my daily news feeds and a featured post on SQLServerCentral.com caught my eye. Michael Lacy‘s post…

  • November Update – SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU #7

    November Update – SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU #7

    November 13, 2013

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    Derik Hammer

    SQL Server 2012 SP1 Cumulative Update #7 is now available. KB Article: KB #2894115. Build Number is 11.0.3393. Applicable to @@VERSION 11.0.3000 through 11.0.3381. Written…

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