Use the WordPress Revision Counter to Keep Shipping Posts
I haven’t been at this blogging thing an extremely long time, and I certainly haven’t been as consistent as I’ve...
2015-03-24
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Making Sense of PCIe SSD Use with SQL Server
When Fusion IO burst onto the scene in 2007, offering a PCIe card that was said to be able to...
2015-03-16 (first published: 2015-03-10)
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Configuring a Complete Memory Dump
Imagine this scenario: One of your servers just crashed, and you open a ticket with Microsoft for them to perform...
2014-11-06
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Database Maintenance Plans: A Primer
Databases and newborns have a lot in common. They both require constant care. They both require constant monitoring. They also...
2014-10-20 (first published: 2014-10-14)
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Why I’m Not Excited About Hekaton (In-Memory OLTP)
A while back I had written a post about why I’m excited about Hekaton (now called ‘In-Memory OLTP’ – not sure...
2014-09-22 (first published: 2014-09-17)
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Fight Career Frustration With Learning
If you work in IT, the office becomes your second home. It’s where we make a living, and most of...
2014-03-11 (first published: 2014-02-28)
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A CLR Application: Deleting Three Billion Rows
In one of SQL Server Central’s recent daily newsletters, Steve Jones’s editorial was inquiring whether or not anyone has been...
2014-03-06
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Make Your Storage Administrator Your Best Friend
That guy or gal over there going on and on about spindles and IOPS – that’s your SAN admin. For the...
2014-02-17 (first published: 2014-02-12)
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I’m on Twitter! @AdamKreul
I’m just a little late to the party, but no time like the present, right? I plan to be very...
2014-02-15
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Configuring the RecycleTime SSRS Setting
If you administer a SQL Server Reporting Services server, chances are you’ve had users complain the report manager is loading...
2013-11-07
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SQL Training Black Friday Deals
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If you're looking for particular "Black Friday" deals, here is what I've seen advertised...
Dry-run xp_delete_file Before Actually Deleting Files?
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Dry-run xp_delete_file Before Actually Deleting Files? xp_delete_file doesn’t really have a...
Happy Thanksgiving! (USA Holiday)
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In the United States, today is Thanksgiving. The intent behind the holiday is to...
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Which Object Definitions Are Available?
For which of these object types can I get the code when I run the OBJECT_DEFINITION() function in SQL Server 2025? (choose 3)
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