Time Off, Down Time, Round Up
I have taken some time off this week, I have been to the beach with my two golden retriever puppies....
2010-03-04
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Gethyn Ellis
SQL Server - MVP Deep Dives
I got my copy of MVP deep dives earlier this month and have been making good progress in reading some...
2010-03-02
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SQL Agent – Giving non-SA users permissions on jobs
There are some new database roles in the MSDB database in SQL Server 2005 that allow you to grant more...
2010-02-28
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Renaming a Standalone Instance of SQL Server
I needed to upgrade the underlying IO subsystem of one of my IO intensive SQL Servers. After some discussion with...
2010-02-25
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Setup a Database Snapshot
I have been tinkering lately with database snapshots and I thought the subject warranted a short post on the subject....
2010-02-23
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SQL Server 2005 CLR execution error after restore
I recently restored a SQL Server 2005 database to a testing environment. The database contained several CLR assemblies, when the...
2010-02-21
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sys.dm_os_wait_stats
This is a short note explaining he sys.dm_os_wait_stats DMV.
This DMV returns the following columns/values regarding waits encountered by executed...
2010-02-18
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SQL Server - Checkpoint
What is a SQL Server checkpoint?
A SQL Server checkpoint is the process of writing all dirty datafile pages out to...
2010-02-16
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SQL Server 2005 SP4!
Microsoft has recently announced the planned release dates for the next round of SQL Server service packs. SQL Server 2008...
2010-02-14
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Useful reading this week
This is a short post for a Sunday afternoon, I thought I’d share some useful reading from the week gone...
2010-02-14
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Blogs
SQL Prompt Tips–Using $surroundtext$ in a Snippet
By Steve Jones
A user on the SQL Community Slack was asking about what the $surroundtext$ variable....
SQL Server Quickie #46 – SQL Server on Linux
Today I have uploaded SQL Server Quickie #46 to YouTube. This time I’m talking...
Giving a Security Webinar this Wednesday
By Brian Kelley
If you haven’t already signed up, on November 29, 2023, at 11 AM Eastern...
Forums
sp_dropserver - Bug/behavior change - Leaves transaction open after TRY...CATCH
Verified on latest CU 10 for SQL 2022. Confirmed works correctly on SQL 2019...
Suggestion on HA DR solution for transactional replication published database
Hi All, I am planning for HA DR solution for transactional replication published database....
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