Upcoming Speaking Events
I will be the inaugural speaker for the Northern Colorado Database Professionals on September 17, in Loveland, CO. I will...
2012-08-28
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Glenn Berry
Intel Haswell-EP Processor Rumors
Intel releases a new processor microarchitecture every two years, which is called a Tock release. One year later, they take...
2012-08-23
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SQL Server 2005 Diagnostic Information Queries (August 2012)
Here is the August 2012 version of my SQL Server 2005 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements....
2012-08-23
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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (August 2012)
Here is the August 2012 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2012-08-07
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Three Generations of Toshiba Portege Laptops Compared
Since I am a bit of a hardware enthusiast, I tend to buy new computer hardware a little more often...
2012-08-07
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SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries (August 2012)
Here is the August 2012 version of my SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2012-08-05
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update 1
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update 1, which is Build 10.50.4260.0. This CU has...
2012-08-01
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Two New Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008
On July 17, Microsoft released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008. The first cumulative update is SQL Server...
2012-08-01
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2, which is Build 10.50.4000. It includes the fixes up through...
2012-07-28
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Two Socket Database Servers vs. Four Socket Database Servers
Fujitsu has submitted a new TPC-E benchmark for a two socket, Sandy Bridge-EP system that had a tpsE score of...
2012-07-13
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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