Who are your victims?
Or….deadlock notifications.
In my previous post I talked about having your own database(s) and what information you could be collecting. One...
2014-02-11
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Blog Posts
Why I just became a Microsoft Employee
I have been an independent consultant (IC) for quite a while now. In an amazing number of coincidences, or just plain...
2014-02-11
1,501 reads
Why is Your SQL Server Slow? Here’s a Hint
I was talking recently with my friends and former colleagues at Idera about the things that slow down SQL Server....
2014-02-11
1,080 reads
Building an SSMS Add-In Using Redgate Ecosystem
On Friday I was finally able to spend a couple hours looking at the Redgate Ecosystem, which is essentially a...
2014-02-10
1,018 reads
Check your SQL Agent history settings before it’s too late!
A little while back I was doing some research into a failed job and ran into a slight problem. The...
2014-02-10
895 reads
Do Not Set Maximum Ram To 0 Ever - Mistakes We Make
I'm going down memory lane here and remembering one of the first things I did as a DBA. I was...
2014-02-10
607 reads
Error Authenticating Proxy | SQL and UPNs
Have you ever had an error when using a SQL Server Proxy Account? I ran across a misleading error. Let...
2014-02-10 (first published: 2014-02-04)
1,834 reads
Growing It At Home: Building Your Own Tools
Short On Money? Sometimes that is the motivation. Maybe the tool you want doesn’t really exist yet? For me it was those things and the joy of building something...
2014-02-10
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Growing It At Home: Building Your Own Tools
Short On Money?
Sometimes that is the motivation. Maybe the tool you want doesn’t really exist yet? For me it was...
2014-02-10
1,045 reads
Introducing new SQL PASS Virtual Chapter – High Availability & Disaster Recovery
Today John Sterrett (blog | twitter) and I are announcing a new SQL PASS Virtual Chapter dedicated to High Availability and Disaster...
2014-02-10 (first published: 2014-02-04)
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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