Changing Directions
I See Dead Tech….
Knowing when a technology is dying is always a good skill to have. Like most of my...
2011-04-01
925 reads
Wesley Brown
- Interests: Collecting old computers
- Skills: I talk a lot.
The Mystery Of The Slow Last Row
Things Go South
Recently I was troubleshooting a piece of software that archives data out of a very active import table....
2011-03-29
2,259 reads
The Mystery Of The Slow Last Row
Things Go South
Recently I was troubleshooting a piece of software that archives data out of a very active import table....
2011-03-25
1,699 reads
Fast File Copy With Managed Code: UBCopy update!
If you have been following my trials with working with C# and files you know it hasn’t been a bed...
2011-03-24
1,132 reads
SQLDIY: Alert On Blocking Chains
Continuing the SQLDIY monitoring project we will take a look at tracking blocking events. I actually received a request to...
2011-03-01
2,870 reads
Fundamentals of Storage Systems, IO Latency and SQL Server
A Thousand Men Marching Still Only March As Fast As One Man.
la·ten·cy - Computers . the time required to locate the first bit or character in a storage location, expressed as access timeminus word time.
Often when talking to people...
2011-03-01
3,045 reads
My Upcoming Schedule, Come Get Your Learn On!
It’s official, I’ll be speaking at SQLSaturday #63 April 2nd. It is something near and dear to my heart, solid state storage....
2011-02-28
1,356 reads
Fundamentals of Storage Systems, IO Latency and SQL Server
A Thousand Men Marching Still Only March As Fast As One Man.
la·ten·cy - Computers . the time required to locate the first bit or character in a storage location, expressed as access timeminus word time.
Often when talking to people...
2011-02-23
3,098 reads
SQLDIY: Manage and Monitor SQL Server Yourself
As an old school DBA and always having cheap frugal employers, I have rolled my own management and monitoring solutions....
2011-02-22
584 reads
Moore’s Law May Be The Death of NAND Flash
"It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t...
2011-02-21
1,014 reads
Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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