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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Blog Posts
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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It's Just Another Manic SUNDAY - OT
Warning, this is just a non-technical anecdotal blog of a silly time-warp incident that happened to me yesterday. Thought it...
2013-09-23
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #50
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...
2013-09-23
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MDX Scope with an If Then statement
The scope statement in MDX is great for applying calculations to a certain area of a cube, also called a...
2013-09-23
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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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