Cannot create Cluster – the computer X is joined to a cluster
Recently attempting to install a new three node cluster I ran into a new issue. Once I was able to...
2013-08-28 (first published: 2013-08-21)
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Tim Radney
Linchpin People Partner
In April 0f 2012 I was fortunate enough to be asked to become Linchpin People LLC’s first ever TeamMate. (blog)....
2013-08-13
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2013
PASS Summit 2013 will be my fifth Summit to attend. I wrote a blog post about how different my fourth...
2013-08-09
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SQL Community Speakers – Why We Do It
I started this post over a year ago and have just now come back around to finish it. Over the...
2013-07-24
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SQL Server Installation Date
I have been working on a project recently to collect system metrics of a SQL Server environment. One of the items...
2013-06-27
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What is Page Life Expectancy (PLE) in SQL Server
Being a production DBA means having to quickly look at a SQL Server and diagnose issue with it. We know...
2013-03-08
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SSIS training for a cause
On Thursday March 14th (PI Day) in Duluth GA, Audrey Hammonds and Julie Smith will put on a spectacular SSIS training...
2013-02-12
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How to break a high end de-duplication backup device
I have been working with a client recently who purchased a nice top of the line de-duplication backup device in...
2013-02-08
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SQL Backup and Recovery – new distribution
I recieved an email today from my publisher Joes 2 Pros that my book was now available on Barnes and...
2013-02-05
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SQL Saturday 220 Atlanta GA
That latest installment of SQL Saturday Atlanta was just announced. On May 18th 2013 SQL Server experts from all over...
2013-02-04
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – A Note to Your Past, and a Warning from Your Future
By DesertDBA
I haven’t posted in a while (well, not here at least since I’ve been...
Keeping MS Docs Up to Date
By Steve Jones
One of the things that I like about the SQL Server docs (MS Learn...
Patch Tuesday – Where to get more information
By Brian Kelley
For a number of years I have subscribed to Randy Franklin Smith's Patch Tuesday...
Forums
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to the 1st 21 rows?
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to...
Pivot but preserve all rows on Aggregate column
Hello Need help in pivoting this data set, the Pivot takes MIN/MAX on a...
any reason to avoid asking ssis to extract files from ftp
hi we have to replace talend which generally was used to move files. talend's...
Question of the Day
What is the PRODUCT
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
CREATE TABLE Numbers ( n INT) GO INSERT dbo.Numbers ( n ) VALUES (1), (2), (3) GO SELECT PRODUCT(n) FROM dbo.NumbersSee possible answers