File Sizes
There are two scripts I like to use to look at the file sizes on servers. The first one is...
2013-05-14
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Blog Posts
Got Any Grapes?
This past weekend we took a mini vacation, along the way my daughter decided to play this song, which is...
2013-05-14
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Index Columns and Names
Don’t trust the name of an index to tell you what it is. The name is wrong, or at least...
2013-05-14
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May 2013 Las Vegas UG
Spring is in the air, I think. With that scent in the air, we have a nice juicy topic coming up this month for any and all that are...
2013-05-14
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May 2013 Las Vegas UG
Spring is in the air, I think.
With that scent in the air, we have a nice juicy topic coming up...
2013-05-14
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Modify a Power View Data Source
I’m currently setting up a demo environment using SQL Server 2012 and SharePoint 2013 (more on that in later blog...
2013-05-14 (first published: 2013-05-08)
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PASS Data Arch VC presents Robert Davis–Case Study: Designing a Global Scale-Out Architecture
Thursday May 16th at noon central, we are going to be educated by MCM and past SQL Server MVP Robert...
2013-05-14
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Protect Yourself from Using DBCC WritePage
I blogged DBCC WritePage a year ago here http://www.sqlnotes.info/2011/11/23/dbcc-writepage/. It’s an extremely dangerous command especially with the last parameter “directORbufferpool” of this command turned on. I also showed you...
2013-05-14
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Protect Yourself from Using DBCC WritePage
I blogged DBCC WritePage a year ago here http://www.sqlnotes.info/2011/11/23/dbcc-writepage/. It’s an extremely dangerous command especially with the last parameter “directORbufferpool”...
2013-05-14
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Running Processes
Sp_who2 is not used by this DBA. That info is amazingly good to have, but I want more. Don’t get...
2013-05-14
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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