Playing with the log – Before the first full backup
The log file tends to fascinate me. In fact one of my favorite posts is where I looked into the...
2014-10-29
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Blog Posts
Porto.Data
I am extremely excited to share that the first event of Porto.Data is all set for the 20th of November...
2014-10-29
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Quick Schema Auditing
I was working on a demo recently and needed to show that a little monitoring can help you catch schema...
2014-10-29
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SQL Server 2014 Backup and Recovery
In early October my third book was published. I have been blessed to be able to work with Joes2Pros for my...
2014-10-29
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SQLSaturday Tampa Announced For February 28, 2015
SQLSaturday Tampa is the first SQLSaturday in Florida for 2015, scheduled for February 28th, 2015. The event is held at...
2014-10-29
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Update to “The clustered index columns are in all of the non clustered indexes.”
I certainly hadn’t planned on creating a part two of my post on clustered index columns but in the comments...
2014-10-29 (first published: 2014-10-20)
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Getting back to basics
I committed to studying for MCSA SQL Server 2012 and taking the certification exams by the end of the year…last...
2014-10-28
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Ghosts – an eXtrasensory Experience
This is the last article in a mini-series diving into the existence of ghosts and how to find them within...
2014-10-28
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Ghosts – an eXtrasensory Experience
Really, at this point what is there that hasn't been done about the ghosts? Well, if you are well tuned to these apparitions, you may have received the urge...
2014-10-28
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Have You Contributed to “Argenis Without Borders”?
So, I’m a little behind the ball on all of this. And others have already blogged about it:
Donate to Doctors...
2014-10-28 (first published: 2014-10-21)
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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