Upgrading to SQL Server 2012?
Do you have any plans in place to upgrade to SQL Sever 2012 this year. We are now well into...
2013-03-06
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Gethyn Ellis
Virtualising your SQL Server?
Having just completed the latest revision of Learning Tree's SQL Server Virtualisation and consolidation course I thought I'd share with...
2013-03-04
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SELECT TOP 5 PERCENT WITH TIES
LinkedIn sent me an email on Monday that said my profile was in the top 5% of viewed profiles in...
2013-02-12
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SQL Server Auto grow
I had a great response to my blog post and poll last week about how DBAs use auto grow. In...
2013-01-16
1,031 reads
SQL Server Consulting: Weekly Round-up
The first full week in 2013 has been a a busy week for me with lots of SQL Server consulting...
2013-01-12
1,001 reads
#SQLSaturdayExeter–Superb SQL Server Event
#SQLSaturday194 is coming to Exeter on the 8th – 9th March.
What is SQL Saturday? The brain child of Steve Jones,...
2013-01-11
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Auto grow–On or Off Straw Poll
David Postlethwaite who contributes to this blog regularly sent me an email this morning asking about Database Auto grow.
This...
2013-01-10 (first published: 2013-01-07)
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SQL Server Virtualisation and Consolidation
Come and join me in London this March for a 3 day course on SQL Server virtualisation and consolidation.The course...
2013-01-10
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SQL Server Contracting and Business Network Wales - LinkedIn Groups Updates
I have been doing some work on some LinkedIn groups that I manage and look after over the holidays. There...
2013-01-04
866 reads
SQL Saturday #194 Exeter
I have read much about SQL Saturday’s but I have yet to attend one, that is about to change. I...
2013-01-03
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL,...
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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