Alan Burstein

  • Interests: Text Mining, T-SQL, SQL, XML, XSLT, MDX, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

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T-SQL Tuesday #201 Round-Up: Temp Tables, Friend or Foe?

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The T-SQL Tuesday #201 round-up: nine bloggers on whether temp tables are a friend...

Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server

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I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...

The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection

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I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...

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Transaction Log Truncation

In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?

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