September 2013 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
It’s the first Monday of September and it’s time to check up on your SQL Servers. In truth, it’s the...
2013-09-09
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Blog Posts
Skills I Used Last Week
Ever thought about what your average week looks like? What are the real core skills your environment uses every day...
2013-09-09 (first published: 2013-09-03)
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2013-09-09
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70-457 Reviewer #12, Restoring SQL Server Databases
This lesson is the third and last part of topic for Managing Data which covers 20% of the certification exam....
2013-09-08
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A tour of the transaction log: Part 1 INSERT operations
The transaction log is a very important part of SQL Server. Every data modification operation is logged in the transaction...
2013-09-07
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Be Careful in Business
I like most of the SQL Server people I meet. Most of you are polite, cheerful, friendly, and it’s nice...
2013-09-06
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Converting SQL_VARIANT on PDW
There are a number of data types that are currently unsupported on PDW. Among those are SQL_VARIANT. The interesting part...
2013-09-06
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Cumulative Updates - SQL Server 2012 RTM CU9
A 9th Cumulative Update is available for those users still on the RTM branch of SQL Server 2012. This is in keeping with Microsoft’s Incremental Service Modelling.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2867319You may have...
2013-09-06
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PowerShell – Delete Registry Entries – Remote Machines – Example Profile Deletion
#The following SID registry entry to be deleted across all mutiple Machines, SID is a user #who owns this user...
2013-09-06
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Reblog: August 30 to September 5
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just the information...
2013-09-06
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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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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
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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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