What PASS is to me #sqlpass
I found out about the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) in 2008 when I attended my first PASS Community Summit “SQL...
2014-09-29
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Tim Radney
4 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner
I was recently called out by Tim Costello on a blog series started by Mike Walsh. http://www.interworks.com/blogs/tcostello/2014/08/27/4-things-i-wish-i-knew-sooner-bi-consultant
The series calls for...
2014-09-02
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An error occurred while executing batch. Error message is: Arithmetic Overflow
Recently an incident came across my desk where an end user was receiving an error trying to retrieve some records...
2014-07-31
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Microsoft SQL Server “Most Valuable Professional” MVP
Today I received an email notifying me that I have been awarded the Microsoft “MVP” award. An excerpt from Microsoft’s...
2014-07-01
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I am speaking at the PASS Summit 2014
I am super excited to announce that I have been selected to speak at the 2014 PASS Summit. This is...
2014-06-25
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SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery Options
Working with Microsoft SQL Server for many years I have spent a lot of time discussing the importance of the...
2014-06-11 (first published: 2014-06-10)
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Know Backups and Know Restores – SQL Server Restores
A couple of years ago I put together a training session to demonstrate various types of backups and restores. The driving...
2014-05-19
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Making a Difference – #SQLFamily
When I started with the SQL Community I was first encourage to start blogging which I started in Sept of...
2014-05-12
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Using BMC Control-M to Automate Tasks
My largest client recently purchased BMC Control-M to use as our enterprise scheduler. Since this product went live in our...
2014-04-14 (first published: 2014-04-04)
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The Primary Filegroup Cannot be Backed Up as a File Backup
File Group backups are great when working with very large databases (VLDB’s) that have been partitioned. Typically when I come...
2014-03-31
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Blogs
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server
By SQLPals
How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server ...
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Squared Values
What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
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