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
15,114 reads
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
2,157 reads
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
751 reads
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
1,175 reads
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
1,321 reads
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
6,845 reads
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
696 reads
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
868 reads
Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
Forums
The New Wave of Security Threats
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There's Too Much to Learn
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How to Calculate Distance Between Coordinates in SQL Server
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SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
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