Infrastructure at your Service
Last month (April 24, 2018), the Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2016 was released and distributed. This Service Pack has new DMVs, already available in SQL Server 2017 RTM. In this article, I will just write few words about 2 DMVs (sys.dm_db_log_stats & sys.dm_db_log_info) and a new column (modified_extent_page_count) in the DMV sys.dm_db_file_space_usage that I presented during our last event about SQL Server 2017. I think they are really helpful for DBA. It’s also…
The GDRP (General Data Protection Regulation), voted in 2016, will be applied in the European Union soon (May 25, 2018). We heard a lot of this new directive. The goal is to improve the protection and confidentiality of personally identifiable information for every European citizen. Quid of Switzerland? Read the article of Gregory here. A personal data is information that identifies a natural person, directly or indirectly. It can be a name, a photograph, an…
This article is an additional article to my precedent about “SQL Server 2017: What’s happens with an interruption during a Resumable Online Index Rebuild?” The goal is to see after I suspend the rebuild, if I can run a traditional rebuild without the option RESUME. I start an index rebuild with the option Resumable: ALTER INDEX [NCI_dbo_Transaction] ON [dbo].[Transaction] REBUILD WITH (RESUMABLE = ON, ONLINE = ON) GO In a new query window,…
Last week, I presented this option in our internal event, the dbi xChange. My colleague David Barbarin asked me this question, what’s append if an interruption occurs (reboot, SQL Server service stopped,…) during a Resumable Online Index Rebuild? I was not able to answer because I forgot to do this test. The new enhancement for an index rebuild provides the capability to suspend, resume or abort an online index operation (msdn reference). I always use…
GDPR goals and scope In few months (25 May 2018) the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be in force and will replace the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC. His goals are to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens’ data privacy and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy. You can find all information related to GDPR on https://www.eugdpr.org and the official PDF of…
Last month, I present in the IT-Tage 2017 in Frankfurt am Main, a session about SQL Server 2017 overview. During my session I made a demo on one of the new string T-SQL Commands: TRIM. My demo was very simple but I have also 2 very good questions. Before, I write about these question, I will show you what is TRIM. This function is a replacement of RTRIM and LTRIM to delete all space character…
#SQLSatToulouse was definitely a great event. Firstly, a big thanks to the organization team (@Guss and @Fredg_31) as well as all the sponsors and attendees (without whom this kind of event would not be possible). As promised, here the slide deck of my session “Introduction to SQL Server on Linux for DBAs“. It was for me a great moment of sharing. Thanks to all!
The 2nd edition of 24HOP French Edition 2017 is over and we had great sessions about SQL Server and various topics ( SQL Server 2017 new features, Azure, PowerBI, High Availability , Linux, Hyper-convergence , Modeling …) If you did not attend to this event, you now have the opportunity to watch the videos of the different sessions. From my side, I had the chance to present SQL Server and High Availability on Linux. Hope to…
Few weeks ago, David Barbarin and I went to the Tugar IT in Lisbon to follow the workshop from Slava Oks: Bringing SQL Server to Linux: Experience It was a deep dive into the code of SQL Server and Slava shows us how they achieve a universal platform regardless the operating system. On my mind, the challenge was how to deal with the Windows operating system dependencies that include all Win32/ NT Kernel calls and…
La prochaine édition du 24 Hours of PASS 2017 edition francophone se déroulera les 29-30 juin prochain. Pour rappel le format est simple: 24 webinars gratuits répartis sur 2 jours de 07:00 à 18h00 GMT et en Français. La seule obligation: s’inscrire aux sessions auxquelles vous assisterez. Cela vous permettra également de récupérer l’enregistrement vidéo si vous voulez la visionner à nouveau par la suite. Cette année il y en aura encore pour tous les goûts. Du…
