Control SQL Jobs based on HADR Role – Taking it to the Next Level

In one of my previous blog posts, Automatically Enable or Disable Jobs based on HADR Role, I provided a solution for managing scheduled jobs correctly in combination with Availability Groups and Database Mirroring. In this blog post, I’m going to build upon my previous solution and improve it even further – taking it to the next level of automation!

#tsql2sday 126 – Responding to COVID-19

This month’s #tsql2sday is hosted by the legendary Glenn Berry, and asks us about what we’ve been doing as a response to COVID-19.
We at Madeira Data Solutions did quite a lot to chip in during these difficult times. Hopefully, it’s enough to make some kind of difference.

The new “metadata-only column changes” feature in SQL Server 2016 is useless!

You might have seen the blog post by Paul White: New Metadata-Only Column Changes in SQL Server 2016. It talks about how, when a table is compressed, you can change (i.e. increase) a column’s data type without having to create a new table and migrate the data into it, and without having to refactor all of the underlying data. But, not everything is rainbows and unicorns…

Webinar – Development Lifecycle Basics for DBAs at the Data Weekender

The #DataWeekender is a free online conference scheduled for May 2nd, organized by the SQL Server community’s finest, as an online replacement for all the SQL Saturdays and other SQL Server conferences that were being canceled en masse due to the COVID-19 situation.

I am also a speaker in the event, and I’ll be presenting my Development Lifecycle Basics for DBAs webinar!

T-SQL Tuesday 125 – Getting started with database unit testing

This month’s #tsql2sday is hosted by Hamish Watson and this time touches on the extremely important topic of database unit testing. Its high importance and value should be a no-brainer. But it can be a very difficult topic, and the hardest thing about it, in my opinion, is knowing where to start. Hopefully, with this blog post, I can help you out with that.

Troubleshooting Long-Running SHRINK Operations

Ever wondered what makes your SHRINK go so damn slow? It’s more common than you think, and not impossible to solve!

Surviving the COVID-19 Dystopia

The lethal #COVID19 strain of the #Corona virus is officially a Pandemic, and we quickly realized how fast such a thing can spread in this era of Globalization. With the virus pandemic also arrives a pandemic of blog posts and social network noise. Everyone’s writing and talking about this topic. So, I guess I must too.

Is Azure SQL Analytics all you need for SQL Server Monitoring?

Can Azure SQL Analytics be a decent competitor to powerhouses such as SentryOne, RedGate, ApexSQ, Solarwinds and others? Let’s find out!

Finding the Details Missing from the SQL Server Failed Logins Audit

We all know the error log used by SQL Server to audit failed logins by default. But is it really good enough? For many scenarios, it isn’t. It’s actually missing a lot of important information. But, worry not, for there are better solutions!

The Ultimate Compression Savings Estimation Script for an Entire Database

This script performs compression savings estimation check across the ENTIRE database within which it is executed, AND generate the relevant remediation scripts for you.