Poor Microsoft Doesn’t Understand What Tablets Are For
That’s the title of an article i came across this morning in Slate.com. I am not a big fan of...
2013-09-24
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Blog Posts
Premium Database on Azure
One of the things that can make Windows Azure SQL Databases (WASD) attractive is the fact that they run inside...
2013-09-24
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SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries for September 2013
I have gone through and made some minor updates and bug fixes for all of my SQL Server Diagnostic Information...
2013-09-24
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SQL Server Hardware and Storage Links
Being a DBA is more than just knowing about SQL: it’s about the technology which SQL runs on, which includes servers and storage. I’m naturally interested in hardware, so...
2013-09-24
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SQL Server Internals Presentation with PASS DC Chapter October 10, 2013
If you’re in the DC/Baltimore area, or just feel like coming to DC to learn about SQL Server, please join...
2013-09-24
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Why the Lazy Spool Is Bad
First thing, there are no bad operators, just bad parents, uh, I mean query writers, or database designers, or ORM...
2013-09-24 (first published: 2013-09-16)
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Cumulative update package 6 for SQL Server 2012 SP1
Microsoft has release the CU update package 6 for SQL Server 2012 SP1. To apply this package in your environment,...
2013-09-23
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Encryption and Full Text Search at The Mandalay Bay (DevConnections)
It’s just a week until Dev Connections. This is one of the great conferences for the hybrid technology person, with...
2013-09-23
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Finding The Active Sharepoint Databases
This was a task from last week. There was a server where we wanted to make some adjustments to security...
2013-09-23
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Installing SQL Server 2008 on a machine with .NET Framework 4.0? Read this.
The SQL Server Premier Field Engineer blog has a post about an issue with installing SQL Server 2008 on a...
2013-09-23
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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