July Already...
Amazingly its July already, the year is flying by. With a very busy July and August lined up and a...
2016-07-04
409 reads
Gethyn Ellis
BREXIT…IT professionals need a plan… much like the UK government
The events that have unfolded over the last few days since the shock result that the BRExit referendum delivered, has,...
2016-06-28
496 reads
IT Training: Super Duper Deal!!
In the wake of last week’s BREXIT vote and subsequent fallout, I decided to delay making this announcement until today....
2016-06-27
423 reads
SQL Server 2016 RTM – Is Anyone Still Waiting for the First Service Pack?
Well most of the SQL Server news last week focused around the launch of SQL Server 2016. SQL Server RTM...
2016-06-09 (first published: 2016-06-06)
4,212 reads
Word-wrap in SQL Server Management Studio
I was delivering a SQL Server upgrade class last week in Toronto Canada. I got asked a slightly off topic...
2016-05-12 (first published: 2016-05-04)
3,873 reads
Putting your Head in the Clouds–An Introduction to Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure
If you attended David’s session Putting your Head in the Clouds today at SQL Bits today you can download the...
2016-05-07
408 reads
Go and See David’s Session at SQL Bits on Saturday
In yesterday’s blog about the latest version of David’s book on SQL Azure I mentioned David was delivering his SQL...
2016-05-06
397 reads
Free eBook – Azure SQL Databases
PuttingYour Head In the Cloud An Introduction to Cloud Computing and Azure SQLDatabases by David Postlethwaite has been revised in...
2016-05-05
620 reads
Word Wrap in SQL Server Management Studio
I was delivering a SQL Server upgrade class last week in Toronto Canada. I got asked a slightly off topic...
2016-05-04
2,999 reads
Weekly Round-up 30 April 2016
It’s been an interesting week for me. I spent last week in Toronto delivering a SQL Server upgrade course and...
2016-05-03
368 reads
Blogs
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO
By SQLPals
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO The purpose...
5 SQL Tricks Worth Remembering Before You Close the Laptop
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Claude Context Window
By Arun Sirpal
Every Claude conversation has a context window. It is the total amount of text...
Forums
Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL, A Thank you message
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provisioning sql server via VMware Cloud Foundation
Hello, has anyone here ever provisioned and actually used an MS SQL Server with...
No More Deadlocks
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Question of the Day
No More Deadlocks
After detecting deadlocks in SQL Server 2025 and lowering the time threshold for detecting future issues, when does the Database Engine return to the 5s default interval?
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