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SQL Database Administrator/Developer. Background in developing OLTP/document based databases, SQLXML and performance tuning with an unhealthy fascination for the SQL query optimiser!

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About me

I have been developing software from my early teens and stayed with technology after leaving school. Initially focussing on software development, networking and IT support type roles, I found...

2017-05-03

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Moved blog to Ghost

Another year, another blog update lol!... Last year I remember doing a significant version upgrade for my self-hosted Orchard CMS...

2017-04-12

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Moved blog to Ghost

Another year, another blog update lol!… Last year I remember doing a significant version upgrade for my self-hosted Orchard CMS software on the DiscountASP hosting platform and it all...

2017-04-12

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SWAG Saves the Day

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PASS Summit East is in one week. I was on the road last week...

Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop

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I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...

How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift

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Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...

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Having Issue deploying a report to an on prem server from PowerBI desktop

By daniel.manke

Using PowerBI Version1.25.9508.3237(January 2026). Installed Microsoft Power BI Desktop (Optimized for Power BI Report...

SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade

By millardus

Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...

How Long is a Long I/O?

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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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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