{"id":5113,"date":"2020-08-06T10:12:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T17:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.209.169.194\/blogs\/paul\/?page_id=5113"},"modified":"2021-04-06T15:05:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T22:05:55","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5113\" class=\"elementor elementor-5113\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a55 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a55\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b54\" data-id=\"1b54\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6602 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6602\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-699\" data-id=\"699\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paul S. Randal<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn Recovery&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"17d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/sql101-phishing-attacks\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tSQL101: Phishing attacks\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>I thought it was bad previously, but in 2026 I&#8217;ve noticed a big rise in<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/sql101-phishing-attacks\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about SQL101: Phishing attacks\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5370 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-performance-tuning category-sql101\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/sql101-top-ten-sql-server-performance-tuning-best-practices\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tSQL101: Top Ten SQL Server Performance Tuning Best Practices\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>There are a huge number of best practices around SQL Server performance tuning \u2013 I<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/sql101-top-ten-sql-server-performance-tuning-best-practices\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about SQL101: Top Ten SQL Server Performance Tuning Best Practices\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5366 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-the-curious-case-of\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/the-curious-case-of-no-buffer-pool-memory-and-no-os-memory-available\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe Curious Case of&#8230; no buffer pool memory and no OS memory available\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Jonathan had a client issue recently where SQL Server&#8217;s buffer pool had been forced down<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/the-curious-case-of-no-buffer-pool-memory-and-no-os-memory-available\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Curious Case of&#8230; no buffer pool memory and no OS memory available\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5360 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-transaction-log\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/the-sql-server-transaction-log-part-3-the-circular-nature-of-the-log\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe SQL Server Transaction Log, Part 3: The Circular Nature of the Log\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>(This post first appeared on SQLperformance.com four years ago as part of a blog series,<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/the-sql-server-transaction-log-part-3-the-circular-nature-of-the-log\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The SQL Server Transaction Log, Part 3: The Circular Nature of the Log\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5358 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-indexes-from-every-angle category-sql101\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/sql101-indexing-strategies-for-sql-server-performance\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tSQL101: Indexing Strategies for SQL Server Performance\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>One of the easiest ways to increase query performance in SQL Server is to make<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/sql101-indexing-strategies-for-sql-server-performance\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about SQL101: Indexing Strategies for SQL Server Performance\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5355 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-career category-training\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/march-madness-699-blackbelt-bundle\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tMarch Madness: $699 Blackbelt Bundle!\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Spring is already in the air here in Redmond so time for March Madness! Hundreds<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/march-madness-699-blackbelt-bundle\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about March Madness: $699 Blackbelt Bundle!\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5352 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-inside-the-storage-engine category-the-curious-case-of\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/the-curious-case-of-finding-long-iam-chains\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe Curious Case of&#8230; finding long IAM chains\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>In the previous Curious Case I described an issue Jonathan had at a client with<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/the-curious-case-of-finding-long-iam-chains\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Curious Case of&#8230; finding long IAM chains\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5351 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-sql101 category-transaction-log\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/sql101-introduction-to-sql-server-transactions\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tSQL101: Introduction to SQL Server Transactions\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>(The original version of this post first appeared on the now-deleted SentryOne blog at the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/sql101-introduction-to-sql-server-transactions\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about SQL101: Introduction to SQL Server Transactions\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5347 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-transaction-log\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/the-sql-server-transaction-log-part-2-log-architecture\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe SQL Server Transaction Log, Part 2: Log Architecture\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>(This post first appeared on SQLperformance.com four years ago as part of a blog series,<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/the-sql-server-transaction-log-part-2-log-architecture\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The SQL Server Transaction Log, Part 2: Log Architecture\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5346 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-personal\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/achievement-unlocked-one-year-sober\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tAchievement Unlocked: One Year Sober\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>(This is from the Insider Newsletter that I sent out earlier today&#8230;) Back in early<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/achievement-unlocked-one-year-sober\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Achievement Unlocked: One Year Sober\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5344 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-indexes-from-every-angle category-inside-the-storage-engine category-the-curious-case-of\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/the-curious-case-of-occasional-query-failure-on-a-tiny-table\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe Curious Case of\u2026 occasional query failure on a tiny table\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>This is a case that happened on a client system last year: occasionally a common<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/the-curious-case-of-occasional-query-failure-on-a-tiny-table\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Curious Case of\u2026 occasional query failure on a tiny table\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5343 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ai category-training\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/new-course-sql-server-vector-search-in-practice\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tNew course and bundle: SQL Server 2025 Vector Search in Practice\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>(TL;DR; Video trailer for the new\u00a0course is here.) Joe&#8217;s next course, AIVSP: Vector Search in<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/new-course-sql-server-vector-search-in-practice\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about New course and bundle: SQL Server 2025 Vector Search in Practice\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-load-more-anchor\" data-page=\"1\" data-max-page=\"92\" data-next-page=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5113\/page\/2\/\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-pagination\" aria-label=\"Pagination\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"page-numbers prev\"><<\/span>\n<span aria-current=\"page\" class=\"page-numbers current\"><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Page<\/span>1<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5113\/page\/2\/\"><span 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