Adrian has a look at the performance benefits of instant file initialisation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6NE-ipzLbQ&feature=youtu.be Below is Ade's auto growth script... DECLARE @trcfilename VARCHAR(1000) ; SELECT @trcfilename = path FROM sys.traces WHERE is_default = 1 SELECT StartTime , DB_NAME(DatabaseID) AS DatabaseName , FileName, SUM(( IntegerData * 8 ) / 1024) AS [Growth (MB)] , ( Duration /... Continue Reading →
Undercover TV – Table Variable Deferred Compilation
David takes a look at a new feature of SQL 2019, table variable deferred compilation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pscQwLwYe10&feature=youtu.be
SQL Undercover TV Christmas Special – David’s Top 5 Azure Data Studio Features
In our Christmas Special, David picks his top 5 features of Azure Data Studio. https://youtu.be/-7rF_g2v-rI
SQL Undercover TV – Encrypting SQL Backups
In this episode, David looks at how we can encrypt our SQL Server backup files https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0UdX04fHQo&feature=youtu.be
SQL Undercover TV – Using Excel to Visualise SQL Performance Data
Adrian looks at how you can use Excel to visualise SQL performance data, specifically data collected by the Blitz First Responder Kit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63HkWalXdRk
Undercover TV Podcast – Scripting Options in SSMS
In this episode of the podcast, Adrian looks at the scripting options available in SSMS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LAVuOaWj2g
We Thought That Sean McCown’s SMO Tutorial Was So Good, It Needed To Be A Video In It’s Own Right
Back in February, Sean McCown joined us on the Undercover podcast and presented a brilliant tutorial on the SMO. We thought that it was so good that we've decided to make it into a video in it's own right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3rk8wTmkVY The podcasts are going to be revived very soon with a whole new format and... Continue Reading →
Undercover TV – Sean McCown Joins Us For a Session on Beginning Powershell SMO
In this episode, Adrian looks at some of the new features of the Undercover Inspector1.3 and special guest, Sean McCown give us a fantastic intro into the Powershell SMO (0:23:20). All Sean's scripts can be found at on Git Hub at https://github.com/SQLUndercover/UndercoverToolbox/tree/master/Undercover%20TV%20Scripts/BeginningSMO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCx1UbZ6iLc&t=4s
Podcast Audio Now On SoundCloud
For those of you who don't have time to watch the videos, the audio stream of our webcasts are now available on SoundCloud. https://soundcloud.com/sqlundercover
Undercover TV- Episode 2
The latest webcast from SQLUndercover.com. In this episode David and Adrian take a look at a few blog posts that have caught their interest, review Minion Backup from Minionware and announce the release of the all new Undercover Catalogue v0.1. Links featured in this webcast are, https://www.sqlrx.com/using-sys-sql_e... http://www.sqlservercentral.com/artic... https://mikesdatawork.wordpress.com/2... http://www.minionware.net/ http://www.midnightdba.com/