Congrats to Jen, Tim, Ryan, and Argenis
Last week we received the results of the PASS Board of Directors elections for 2015. Jen Stirrup and Tim Ford...
2015-09-29
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Blog Posts
Data Warehouse from the Ground Up at SQL Saturday Orlando, FL on Oct. 10th
SQL Saturday #442 is upon us and yours truly will be presenting in Orlando, Florida on October 10th alongside Mitchell...
2015-09-29
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Fixing MSI errors during patching
Patching is an activity that is frequently performed by DBA’s. It is the responsibility of a DBA to keep the...
2015-09-29
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Load Testing Your Storage Subsystem with Diskspd – Part II
In this post we’re going discuss how to implement load testing of your storage subsystem with DiskSpd. We’re going to craft tests to measure bandwidth and latency for specific...
2015-09-29
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Pratical Use of a SQL Server Database Snapshot
I was doing a database code deployment the other night and the first step in the release plan was “Take...
2015-09-29 (first published: 2015-09-23)
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Predicate Order is Critical
I have mentioned predicate order previously and wanted to make sure I drive home the importance of the predicate order...
2015-09-29 (first published: 2015-09-23)
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Session Event Metadata
There is a wonderful amount of metadata available to be perused in Extended Events. Part of the trick is to know where and how to find it. In this...
2015-09-29
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Deployed Session Settings
Deployed Session Settings are stored within the system databases and then exposed via system catalog views. These settings help define a session. This article shows how to access those...
2015-09-28
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Exercism
I’ve been looking to work on my programming skills a bit and try some new languages. I’d like to grow...
2015-09-28
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Exercism
I’ve been looking to work on my programming skills a bit and try some new languages. I’d like to grow...
2015-09-28
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
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Checking the Error Log II
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