There are many reasons why you’d need to delete old data from a table within a database, some of which include; # GDPR (adhering to data retention policies)# Ever increasing tables becoming tougher to manage (e.g. a replication refresh is taking 2 days)# SQL Server Express limitations (10GB max database size)# The table is storing application […]
What’s the plan when you don’t know how to fix a production issue? You can prepare this situation by reading and keeping up to date. But when you’re sweating behind a keyboard, you haven’t moved out your chair for 4 hours and you’re being chased for an update, what do you do?... I thought I'd […]
Sp_whatnow? sp_who, sp_who2 and sp_whoisactive are stored procedures that allow you to view current users, sessions, and processes within a SQL Server instance. You'd want to see this for identifying things like blocking or checking general activity. sp_whoisactive is definitely one of my favourite stored procedures. Created by Adam Machanic, this tool gives you an […]
This is a follow-on post from Configuring MAMP (with WordPress) and is a guide on how to download your website and have it run locally on your laptop or PC. This provides a test environment for upcoming changes to your website, or it's a fun task nonetheless even if you don't use it for testing […]
MAMP is a “one-click solution for setting up your personal webserver”. If you don’t have hosting or a domain name sorted out, you can go ahead and build your WordPress website using this free bit of kit. I promote because it’s really simple to use! This post will come in 5 parts.1. A quick install […]