Summit 2013 – Part the First
While not technically the first day of Summit since the official start is yet to come, here are my thoughts...
2013-10-16
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Blog Posts
Summit 2013 – Part the First
While not technically the first day of Summit since the official start is yet to come, here are my thoughts on Sunday and Monday of PASS Summit 2013. For...
2013-10-16
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TempDB Contention 2.1.%
Problem: When you are performing many DML operations and makes tempdb contesnion on it, You may get wait_resource of 2.1.103...
2013-10-16
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Attending the SQL PASS Summit?
Are you attending the SQL PASS Summit conference in Charlotte, NC this week? If so, let’s meet up! If not,...
2013-10-15
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DMV-15 : Pending I/O requests……..sys.dm_io_pending_io_requests
sys.dm_io_pending_io_requests DMV (Dynamic Management View), described by BOL as follows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188762.aspx
Returns a row for each pending I/O request in SQL...
2013-10-15
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October 2013 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
It’s not the first Monday of October, instead it’s the second Tuesday (oops, had Wednesday in here originally). As we...
2013-10-15
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PASS SQL SUMMIT 2013 - Day 1 - Highlights, Questions & Answers
Today, October 15, 2013: PASS SUMMIT DAY1
It’s October, and it’s PASS SQL Summit time, 2013! PASS Summit is the world's largest,...
2013-10-15
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PASS SQL Summit 2013 - Highlights Q&A - First Timer's Advice from the Experts
So, is this your first time attending PASS Summit? Confused, shy, overwhelmed, and don’t know what to do first? Or...
2013-10-15
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PASS Summit 2013 – My First Day and Paul White
This is my first time to attend the PASS Summit. I was very excited about it, and I planned to...
2013-10-15
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PASS Summit Report #2
Weather a bit cloudy today, a little rain and a little cool – not Seattle, but not Orlando either! Breakfast at...
2013-10-15
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
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Vectors in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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