Speaker of the Month, February 2014
I didn’t get out to many events in January, so I was somewhat limited in the pool of presenters that...
2014-02-07
711 reads
Grant Fritchey
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Thank You!
I am humbled and honored (and more than a little horrified) to be on this list of the Best of...
2014-02-06
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Time for a Quick Rant
This is an actual quote from what we can only assume is a functional human being:
The database is very big...
2014-01-20
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Database in Source Control
Many years ago, I was working with a great DBA. Seriously, a very smart and capable guy. He told me,...
2014-01-15
1,203 reads
Sausage Making
For those who don’t know, I work for Red Gate Software. I’m not a developer, but I work directly for...
2014-01-15 (first published: 2014-01-08)
2,043 reads
Speaker of the Month, January 2014
A whole new year. Cool.
I was at SQL Saturday DC, #233, at the beginning of December. I sat through several...
2014-01-03
754 reads
Set Up And Schedule a Server Side Trace
How to use Profiler to generate TSQL scripts that can be modified and automated to run as a server-side trace
2013-12-31 (first published: 2010-12-02)
13,590 reads
Tribal Awards: Vote Now!
The #tribalawards voting is now online. Get over there and get it done.
I honestly don’t care who you vote for...
2013-12-23 (first published: 2013-12-20)
922 reads
How to Set Up Managed Backups in SQL Server 2014
Earlier this week I introduced the concept of Managed Backups (and caused less of a turmoil than I thought I...
2013-12-19
2,855 reads
Speaking in 2014
I love that I get to travel around and learn from my #sqlfamily. We’re still filling in the majority of...
2013-12-18
671 reads
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Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
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My Social Media Rules
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
Why Use TRY_PARSE(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Someone asked why I would use TRY_PARSE after I posted a question at SQL...
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