My Prize Has Arrived!
Back in November, I was lucky enough to be nominated and then got enough votes to win the New to...
2011-01-17
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Gethyn Ellis
Which Process ID is SQL Server running on?
There was an interesting question posted on a forum recently, asking how can you tell which sqlservr.exe process (shown in...
2011-01-04
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Happy New Year
Well it’s Friday again and another big day.
Hopefully you all had a great Christmas and as we move to...
2010-12-31
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SELECT * FROM SQLBLOGGERS WHERE LOCATION = ‘UK’
I published a post yesterday where I listed my top 5 bloggers from the worldwide SQL community for 2010. The...
2010-12-30
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SELECT TOP 5 * FROM BLOGGERS
Hopefully my title gives away what this post is about. This my list of the top five people or more...
2010-12-29
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Merry Christmas
This is just a short post for a Friday and not just any old Friday either, Santa is on his...
2010-12-24
563 reads
SQL Bits 8
It seems the dates for the next SQLBITS have been released will take between April the 7th and April 9th...
2010-12-23
508 reads
Should I have AutoGrowth enabled on my SQL Server Database
I was reading a few forum posts yesterday where a few people were complaining that the transaction log had grown...
2010-12-22
1,997 reads
Turn Off AutoShrink!
This is kind of a follow up to a post I published last week regarding autogrowth. A forum poster said...
2010-12-20
615 reads
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
I don’t usually post on my blog on the weekend, but this weekend, the weekend before a Christmas is a...
2010-12-18
484 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
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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