What's In a PodCast - Part 1
Well, lots of mistakes. Here's a good example of one: Friday Oct 5 mistake.
I decided to go the budget route...
2007-10-04
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Steve Jones
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2007-10-04
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2007-10-03
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The PASS 2007 Round Up
A list of articles and comments, including some pictures, from the 2007 PASS Summit in Denver.
2007-10-03
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The Value of Information
If I have accomplished anything, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.
2007-10-03
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Estimates - Part 1
I saw a very interesting post about estimating software from Steve McConnell, of Code Complete fame. He compared his estimate...
2007-10-02
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Half a Million
We crossed the 500,000 member mark last week and we're looking to give away some prizes!
2007-10-02
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Seamless Upgrade
One of the things mentioned in a keynote at the recent PASS conference was the idea that SQL Server 2008 would be a seamless upgrade. Or maybe I misunderstood and it will seem less like an upgrade 🙂
2007-10-02
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2007-10-02
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Compliance
The Sarbanes-Oxley act has become a four letter word to many IT people in the US. Thankfully I only had to deal with it for about 9 months before I left to go work on my own, but it was a long 9 months. Especially since I did half the work with JD Edwards and then did it again with Peoplesoft 🙁
2007-10-01
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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