Determining Default Trace Location
While working on some scripts against SQL Server’s default trace, I wanted to develop a sure fire way to find...
2013-01-09
1,808 reads
StrateSQL
Index Analysis Update – January 2012
In the past couple weeks, I’ve gotten a couple reports of issues with sp_indexanalysis. The update today fixes those issues....
2013-01-08
749 reads
SQL Saturday Fargo Update
It’s been a while since I mentioned anything about the SQL Saturday in Fargo. So I thought I would let...
2013-01-08
579 reads
January 2013 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
Today is the first Monday of 2013. Do you know if your servers are ready to take on the first...
2013-01-07
683 reads
Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #14
Throughout the week, I like to tweet links to the things that I’ve been reading. Since they all come out through out...
2013-01-07
909 reads
Reblog: December 28 to January 3
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-01-04
1,038 reads
Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #13
Throughout the week, I like to tweet links to the things that I’ve been reading. Since they all come out through out...
2012-12-31
1,724 reads
Wrapping Up 2012
Last year, I did a wrap up post of the year to see where I landed from where I wanted...
2012-12-31
1,631 reads
Index Analysis Post Christmas Update
Last week I mentioned that I had put up a few new versions of my index analysis script. Turns out...
2012-12-28
704 reads
PASSMN Presentation Materials
Last week, I presented on extended events at the Minnesota SQL Server user group (PASSMN). The turnout was quite excellent...
2012-12-28
735 reads
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
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A Fun Computer Quote
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