Stupid DBA Tricks
Well, I just learned a valuable lesson about something you should not do as a DBA…
About a month ago, a...
2009-10-04
4,331 reads
Glenn Berry
SQL Server MVP Deep Dives Book available for pre-order
The "SQL Server MVP Deep Dives" book that I wrote two chapters for is up for pre-order. This will be...
2009-10-02
615 reads
More Evidence Why You Should Avoid Lots Of Conditional Logic In Stored Procedures
Gail Shaw, who is a SQL MVP from South Africa, has an excellent blog post about this subject.
The executive...
2009-09-25
809 reads
New Cumulative Updates For SQL Server 2008
Yesterday, Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU4, which is Build 2734, and SQL Server 2008 RTM CU7, which is...
2009-09-22
640 reads
Intel Westmere-EP Screenshots
CPUID.COM, which hosts the wonderful CPU-Z utility, has a post up that shows where someone has taken a screenshot of...
2009-09-20
772 reads
Memories Of PanzerBlitz
Back when I was a small tyke, I vividly remember playing an Avalon Hill board game called PanzerBlitz, which was...
2009-09-11
1,079 reads
Proper T-SQL Stored Procedure Formatting
Here is a very good blog post from Aaron Bertrand (another SQL MVP) on how to write and format stored...
2009-09-04
939 reads
Nice Discounts On Microsoft Certification Exams From Prometric
Prometric is offering 15% or 20%, or 25% off on selected Microsoft certification exams. The lower level Technology Specialist (TS)...
2009-09-02
599 reads
Shameless Self Promotion
NewsGator’s marketing department put up a nice post yesterday mentioning myself and Dan Larson, who are both Microsoft MVPs. I...
2009-08-27
669 reads
Upcoming Microsoft Gadgets
Microsoft has finally officially announced the long rumored price cuts for the XBox 360 Elite, which will go down from...
2009-08-27
642 reads
Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
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Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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