SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Blueprints – Review
Recently Packt Publishing released the book SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Blueprints authored by Marlon Ribunal (blog|twitter) and Mickey Stuewe...
2013-12-12
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Blog Posts
Throwback Thursday #3: SQL Server & Disks
I hope everyone is having a good time gearing up for the holidays. Throwback Thursday is a bi-weekly blog series where...
2013-12-12
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What a DBA wants for Christmas
In the first few years of ITBookworm.com, we made sure to make up holiday lists of the most awesome gadgets...
2013-12-12
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A Full Backup Includes Everything (with a caveat)
Full database backups in SQL Server include all of the data, objects, tables, rows, functions, stored procedures, etc. If something...
2013-12-11
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Accidently Kicking a Database into the Restoring State
I learn new things all the time. This was one that actually stunned me. Huge props to Gail Shaw for...
2013-12-11 (first published: 2013-12-02)
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Database Snapshot failed due to disk space issue
Database snapshot is really a useful feature. As we know, Snapshot database file will keep increasing parallel to the DML...
2013-12-11
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DC SQLSat
This past weekend I had the opportunity to go visit Washington DC. It was the first time I got to stay in the Nation’s capitol for more than just...
2013-12-11
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DC SQLSat
This past weekend I had the opportunity to go visit Washington DC. It was the first time I got to...
2013-12-11
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First Week As The DBA Whitepaper Published
For those that attended the webcast I did last week for Idera the companion whitepaper is now available for download....
2013-12-11
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Learn To Code
Today I ran through the first tutorial at Code.org. It has 20 very short lessons that use Angry Birds and...
2013-12-11
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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