Thaw, Rinse, Repeat – #SQLPlunge
Three years ago in March of 2011, on a whim, I jumped into a hole in a frozen lake into...
2014-01-21
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Blog Posts
Three Hundred!
Just announced on Friday, SQLSaturday #300 will be held in Kansas City, MO, on September 13, 2014 . Everything about that...
2014-01-21
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Understanding CXPACKET wait stats in SQL Server
Understanding CXPACKET From the SQL BOL (Books on Line) CXPACKET is defined as Class Exchange Packet and “occurs when trying...
2014-01-21
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Using Outlook.com
I looked at Outlook.com when it launched and recently revisited. I connected a couple of my personal email accounts to...
2014-01-21
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Why no discussion of MarkLogic / NoSQL security in light of Obamacare security fiasco?
We are awaiting Polar Vortex 2 in New England and are set to have more snow dumped on us starting...
2014-01-21
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Win a Free Conference Pass to SQL Server Live in Las Vegas
Taking responsibility for your professional development and making it a priority is essential to being a successful Data Professional. It’s...
2014-01-21
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Assumptions and clusters – the double whammy
I was recently investigating an issue that stemmed from a database being in the recovery_pending state. A quick investigation through...
2014-01-20
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Best advice I ever got on negotiating consulting rates and salary negotiations
Back when I was getting ready to take the plunge and begin consulting I sought advice from a friend who...
2014-01-20
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Counting the Existing, and Missing, Rows
I saw this as a problem recently from someone and thought it would make a good post. As I was...
2014-01-20
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Guid vs Identity columns (Ints)
I came across an interesting question on SE last week. Guid vs INT – Which is better as a primary key?...
2014-01-20 (first published: 2014-01-13)
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Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
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Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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