Lost that Single-User Connection?
You have changed your database to single_user mode to do a task. As you go about your business, you lose...
2013-05-06
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Blog Posts
May 2013 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
It’s the start of the month of May, or at least the first Monday in May. Hopefully you aren’t nursing...
2013-05-06
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PowerSQL – Identify a Head of the Database Blocks and Generate Automated Alert across all listed SQL Instances
This is going to be a simplest way of capturing and sending some useful information via an email of ‘N’...
2013-05-06
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Quick Tip: Navigating to a UNC within SQLPS
I’ve been getting a funky error with a new Powershell script, running as a SQL Agent job step. Let’s pretend for the...
2013-05-06
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SQL Server – How to Best Remove Extra TempDB Data Files and Log Files
One of the Microsoft’s recommendation for optimizing the tempDB performance is to make each tempdb data file the same size. Today,...
2013-05-06
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SQL Server – How to find Default data and log path for SQL Server 2012
To identify default data and log directories in SQL Server 2012 you can use SERVERPROPERTY() function. In SQL Server 2012...
2013-05-06
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SQLSaturday Atlanta #220–May 18th
I am pleased to be selected to present a session on Analysis Services at the Atlanta SQLSaturday this May 18th...
2013-05-06
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SSRS 101 – Your First Report
I know that it has been a while, and I apologize. I have been traveling around the U.S. evangelizing SQL...
2013-05-06
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Database Administration KPIs – 2/2
In my last post, I discussed about the quantitative KPIs which, to me, are useful for “outsiders”, i.e. non-DBAs, to...
2013-05-04
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May the Fourth Be With You – Kindle Bonus!
It seems that with the Disney purchase of Star Wars this past year that May the Fourth is coming on...
2013-05-04
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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