Cumulative Update – 13 for SQL Server 2008 SP3 Is Now Available !
The 13th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available. Cumulative Update 13 contains all...
2013-10-07
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Blog Posts
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #52
Monday morning and it’s time for weekly round-up. If you follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet...
2013-10-07
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My Busy Weekend
This weekend is the fall camporee for my middle son’s Boy Scout troop. He’s one of the senior scouts in...
2013-10-07
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Renewed As MVP for 2013
Last Tuesday I received the email confirming that I will be an MVP for another year. Nice news to get....
2013-10-07
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Transaction Log Management
I have had the distinct pleasure of being asked to review a book by RedGate. The book is by a...
2013-10-07
1,653 reads
Transaction Log Management
I have had the distinct pleasure of being asked to review a book by RedGate. The book is by a friend and respected community member Gail Shaw (blog |...
2013-10-07
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T-SQL Tuesday #47: Your Best SQL Server SWAG
The Stuff We All Get!
Fall has arrived which means it's conference season: Connections is happening this week, the PASS Summit...
2013-10-07 (first published: 2013-10-03)
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Wrapping Up The 2013 PASS Election-Part 3
Today I’ll continue with my notes and thoughts on the 2013 election process and a good place to start is...
2013-10-06
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One-stop Shopping for Backups
First, let me say that yes, I’m aware of Ola Hallengren’s excellent set of maintenance scripts, including those for doing...
2013-10-05
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Wrapping Up The PASS 2013 Election–Part 2
I watched the election this year with interest and the advantage of having seen PASS elections from a number of different...
2013-10-05
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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