Reblog: May 2 to May 8
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A good cure to a creepy doll is a good old post that is still useful. In...
2014-05-09
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Blog Posts
Script for database snapshot
The idea for this script came at a time when I was having a project that needed to use snapshots...
2014-05-09
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SQL Saturday #308 – Houston TX Presentation
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I am presenting this Saturday 5/10/2014 at 4PM at the Houston TX SQL Saturday Event. ...
2014-05-09
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SSRS #74 – 2008 Cascading bug when you have a middle parameter
Some SSRS reports have a large number of parameters
I recently had a chance to help a co-worker to modify...
2014-05-09
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The Scary DBA Comes to Columbia, SC
*sound of glass crashing* *cue theme music*
(in a wrestling announcer’s shocked voice) “It can’t be! He’s not supposed to be...
2014-05-09
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We’re All Mad Here!
The title says it all!
I just heard that I was selected to present at SQL Saturday in Columbus! I’m excited...
2014-05-09
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Artikel „SQL Server 2014 – Neues Fundament“ in iX Ausgabe 5/2014, Richtigstellungen zu In-Memory OLTP und ColumnStore Indexes und warum AlwaysOn nicht gleich Always On ist
Article “SQL Server 2014 – New Fundament” in iX Issue 5/2014, corrections in In-Memory OLTP and ColumnStore Indexes, and why AlwaysOn...
2014-05-08
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Cannot Failover Nodes Using TempDB on Local Storage
I ran into an interesting issue while installing SQL 2012 SP1 in a failover cluster configuration and utilizing the local...
2014-05-08
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Find SQL Database Owner with T-SQL
One thing that on occasion bugs me about PDW or APS or whatever it happens to be called this week...
2014-05-08 (first published: 2014-04-29)
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Getting Local Books Online
One of the things that’s annoyed me in the last few versions is that Books Online isn’t smoothly installed for...
2014-05-08
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Blogs
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...
My Social Media Rules
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
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