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Azure Data Studio – Switching from Management Studio (SSMS) to Azure Data Studio (ADS)

Azure Data Studio (formerly SQL Operations Studio) is a free Cross-Platform DB management tool for for Windows, macOS and Linux. Azure Data Studio (ADS) initial release was only compatible for SQL Server, however recently Microsoft released a PostgreSQL extension for ADS – so now you can also manage your PostgreSQL instance using ADS. For more details on Azure Data Studio PostgreSQL Extension, refer to my earlier posts

Azure Data Studio PostgreSQL Extension – Custom insight dashboard

Azure Data Studio (formerly SQL Operations Studio) is a free Cross-Platform DB management tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. Staying true to their promise of offering a unified data management experience for developers, Microsoft recently released PostgreSQL Extension for Azure Data Studio

Azure Data Studio PostgreSQL Extension – Free data management tool to manage your PostgreSQL databases

Azure Data Studio (formerly SQL Operations Studio) is free Cross-Platform DB management tool for for Windows, macOS and Linux. Azure Data Studio was initially only released for managing SQL Server, however with the today’s Microsoft’s announcement , it will now be possible to connect and manage PostgreSQL databases with Azure Data Studio PostgreSQL Extension (Sweet deal!)

SQL-Saturday #116 – Question of the day: When does a GRANT overrides a DENY in SQL Server?

SQLSaturday #116 – Bangalore

WoW!! What a great day it was to learn and connect with SQL guru’s and like minded folks who carry same passion for SQL server as I do. It’s quite an honor to meet and listen @blakhani, @pinaldave, @banerjeeamit, @vinodk_sql, @kashyapa , Rick @Joes2Pros……You guys are truly inspirational
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Identify queries that consume a large amount of log space in SQL Server

One of regular issues DBA’s get are about the T-log growth. Situations, wherein one “bad” or “poorly-designed” query can eat up entire T-log space, bring the free space to zero and then bring your application down. The cause and remedy of most these issue is discussed in this KB # 317375(I’m big fan on Microsoft KB’s).

What is a columnstore index?

Upcoming SQL Product, introduces a new data warehouse query acceleration feature based on a new type of index called columnstore. Before we move any further exploring this new feature, I want to take time to explain the basics behind a columnstore index and how different is it from a traditional index (rowstore).