Submitted My Application For the 2014 PASS Nominating Committee
I just finished up the short and not very painful application to be a candidate for the NomCom this year. ...
2014-05-21
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Blog Posts
Supported Compatibility Levels in SQL Server
It has been well documented and is well known that SQL Server supports certain older versions of SQL Server in a compatibility mode. This setting is something that can...
2014-05-21
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Supported Compatibility Levels in SQL Server
It has been well documented and is well known that SQL Server supports certain older versions of SQL Server in...
2014-05-21
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Why Won't My Clustered Instance Start?
Last weekend I had a client page me in the middle of the night (because, of course, these things always...
2014-05-21
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Attaching All Databases with PowerShell – The Overview
TL;DR Script is here: Git Hub Powershell Scripts. It’s the attachdbs.ps1 and will attach all databases in a folder to...
2014-05-20
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Comparison of Columnstore Compression
SQL Server 2012 introduced non-clustered columnstore indexes, and SQL Server 2014 gave us clustered columnstore indexes. Both share the same...
2014-05-20
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Google Analytics for SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services)
Update: There is a new 1.7 Version of Google Analytics Source for SSIS
In the modern age of the technology, almost...
2014-05-20
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Granting or denying permissions to all of the tables within a database
When granting or denying permissions to the tables within a database you have two options. You can either add the...
2014-05-20 (first published: 2014-05-15)
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Presenting at ONETUG on July 10, 2014
I’ll be presenting SQL Performance for Developers to the members of ONETUG on July 10, 2014. I’m going to hit...
2014-05-20
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Quick Tips–SQL Prompt Formatting
I love SQL Prompt, and think it’s a great productivity tool. Even before I worked at Red Gate, I love...
2014-05-20 (first published: 2014-05-14)
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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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