“Switch” Huge Non Partitioned Tables in Seconds

ALTER TABLE [onetable] SWITCH TO [anothertable] There are many challenges with gigantic tables and modifying their schema is one of those that could make many operational DBAs cry. I had to go through a schema change where I have to make data type and identity changes to one of the largest transactional table in the …

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Perform Professional, Comprehensive SQL HealthChecks

A gigantic script that gives you a lot information to view and review current databases and SQL Server settings, options and configurations. I see it becoming very favorite of many operational DBA folks. I’d recommend it run it at least once in a month or anytime you want to have very detailed information for any …

5 CLI Commands, Sr DBA should know!

I am going to put together a list of command line interface (CLI) commands that has helped me over the years in troubleshooting SQL Server virtual/physical machines, especially when we bring in a new SQL VMs in our existing environment and want to make sure that it works and connected to every necessary part of …