Virtualization for SQL Server DBAs 499 Wrap Up
Today I presented the final ramp up session entitled “Virtualization for SQL Server DBAs 499” for the SQL PASS Virtualization...
2014-10-08
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Blog Posts
Non-obvious APS/PDW benefits
The Analytics Platform System (APS), which is a renaming of the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW), has a lot of obvious...
2014-10-07
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PASS Voting Extended Until October 14th
The Board of Directors has extended voting in the current election through October 14th. Read the post from President Thomas...
2014-10-07 (first published: 2014-09-30)
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The Fallacy of Internal Access Only
In the wake of Shell Shock, I’ve seen some vendor advisories indicate that while their product is vulnerable, it’s only...
2014-10-07 (first published: 2014-09-30)
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Adding and Displaying Comments to Power Pivot Results in an Excel Pivot Table
Requirement: Allow users to enter comments after they review results from a Power Pivot model and then show the comment...
2014-10-06
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Carolina Technology Conference: Presentation Materials
For those able to attend my session at this year’s Carolina Technology Conference, thank you! As promised, here are the...
2014-10-06
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Does Full Backup contain data inserted during backup ?
Question : When you take full backup, do it capture data till the time backup start time or till the time backup end. Answer : Full backup capture database...
2014-10-06
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Does Full Backup contain data inserted during backup ?
Question : When you take full backup, do it capture data till the time backup start time or till the time...
2014-10-06
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Identifying large queries using Extended Events
Following on from my last blog post I now want to run through how to identify large queries using Extended...
2014-10-06 (first published: 2014-10-01)
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Making Better Presentations–Practice
This is part of a series of tips for speakers on how to make your presentations better.
There’s one thing that...
2014-10-06
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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
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...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers