Deploying Reports on Windows 7
Recently I tried to deploy a report to a Report Server on my laptop, which is running Windows 7 Ultimate....
2009-11-27
2,033 reads
Articles
Fundamentals of Storage Systems – Capturing IO Patterns
We often take the advice given to us on forums or in articles at face value. Even though the authors...
2009-11-27
3,278 reads
How to simulate transparent data encryption (TDE) with SQL 2000 and 2005
Encryption of data at rest is becoming more and more crucial in today’s world. This tip is aimed to help businesses that do not have the budgets or resources to purchase hardware encryption tools or to upgrade to SQL 2008. It basically illustrates how to achive transparent file encryption with SQL 2005 or SQL 2000.
2009-11-27
4,390 reads
Increase Your Value as a Professional in the Technical Industry
It has never been so important to enhance your employability as it is today. Job security can never be taken for granted. Employability, increasing your professional value, means far more than just collecting qualifications, as Dr Masha Petrova explains: It also involves communicating, writing, and participating in communities.
2009-11-27
2,850 reads
The DBA Boat
For a fun Friday poll, what type of SQL or database related name would you give to yourself or someone else? Steve Jones asks the question after someone sends an email about naming their new boat with a SQL name.
2009-11-27
831 reads
The DBA Boat
For a fun Friday poll, what type of SQL or database related name would you give to yourself or someone else? Steve Jones asks the question after someone sends an email about naming their new boat with a SQL name.
2009-11-27
1,164 reads
The DBA Boat
For a fun Friday poll, what type of SQL or database related name would you give to yourself or someone else? Steve Jones asks the question after someone sends an email about naming their new boat with a SQL name.
2009-11-27
1,085 reads
4 Ways to Increase Your Salary (Using UPDATE)
This article depicts how to approach row by row updates needed in a salary table. It might not directly let you increase your salary, but it could help you at review time.
2009-11-26
42,973 reads
Happy Thanksgiving 2009
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the US. The editorial today has a blooper reel from the podcasts in celebration of the holiday.
2009-11-26
833 reads
Happy Thanksgiving 2009
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the US. The editorial today has a blooper reel from the podcasts in celebration of the holiday.
2009-11-26
1,104 reads
Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Forums
SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
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How Long is a Long I/O?
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T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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