PASS Chapter Leaders - Remember To Talk About Elections With Your Chapters!
Last week before our monthly MagicPASS meeting I went through my usual routine of grabbing the PASS chapter deck and...
2014-09-23
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Blog Posts
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning
The latest update to my book, SQL Server Query Performance Tuning was released last week. This is the fourth edition...
2014-09-23
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The Magic Alt Button
Lately I have been using more and more the awesomeness of the Alt-button in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). What...
2014-09-23
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Vote for Grant Fritchey
Just a brief note to say that I will be voting for Grant Fritchey for the PASS Board and I...
2014-09-23
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Communication and the Board: #PASSVotes
The whole idea behind PASS is to build a community of people who can assist each other in their daily...
2014-09-22
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Grant for President
Grant Fritchey is running for the PASS board. He’s not running for President, though I’m not sure why he shouldn’t...
2014-09-22
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I Am Running For the PASS Board of Directors: #passvotes
This year, I submitted my application to run for the PASS Board and it was accepted. This then is my...
2014-09-22 (first published: 2014-09-17)
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Launching PASSWatch
I’ve wanted to do this for a while, decided to make the time commitment and see what happens. See the...
2014-09-22
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SQL Server Cluster LooksAlive and IsAlive Check
Windows Cluster Service use the “heartbeat” process to check whether each node is alive at both the OS level and SQL Server level. Heartbeat signals works on UDP. Microsoft...
2014-09-22
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SQL Server Cluster LooksAlive and IsAlive Check
Windows Cluster Service use the “heartbeat” process to check whether each node is alive at both the OS level and...
2014-09-22
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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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