Reflections on the 2014 PASS Summit Selection Process
Oh we are a bunch of high school kids at heart. Maybe high school never ends (and there’s a nightmare,...
2014-07-03
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Blog Posts
Statistics and Natively Compiled Procedures
Statistics are one of the single most important driving factors for the behavior of the query optimizer. The cardinality estimates...
2014-07-03 (first published: 2014-07-02)
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Using Synonyms to Extend SSIS
There are a million and one uses for synonyms. There are at least that many uses for SSIS. The reality is, not all of those uses are good for...
2014-07-03
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Using Synonyms to Extend SSIS
There are a million and one uses for synonyms. There are at least that many uses for SSIS. The reality...
2014-07-03
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Above Reproach
It’s been a busy few weeks in the world of PASS, lots of good conversations that I’ve followed with interest,...
2014-07-02
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Argenis and the unicorn hoodie
Early yesterday Kirsten Benzel(b/t) announced something very exciting, at least exciting to me. Argenis Fernandez(b/t) has agreed to wear a...
2014-07-02
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Congratulations MVPs - Team USA (the other world cup)
While the World
Cup was still going on, and the folks in the USA had a real reason to root
for the...
2014-07-02
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Cumulative Update – 13 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
The 13th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 13 contains all the...
2014-07-02
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Cumulative Update – 13 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
The 13th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the...
2014-07-02
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Cumulative Update – 2 for SQL Server 2014 RTM Is Now Available !
The 2nd cumulative update release for SQL Server 2014 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 2 contains all the hotfixes released since...
2014-07-02
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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
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
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...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
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