2012 in Review
With the year 2012 now in the rear view mirror, and while I’m still in the midst of my holiday...
2013-01-04
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Blog Posts
Day 1 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Does DBCC Automatically Use Existing Snapshot?
Day 1 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Does DBCC Automatically Use Existing Snapshot?
31 Days of Disaster Recovery
Welcome to my...
2013-01-04 (first published: 2013-01-01)
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Day 3 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Determining Files to Restore Database
Day 3 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Determining Files to Restore Database
31 Days of Disaster Recovery
Welcome back for day...
2013-01-04
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Day 4 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Back That Thang Up
Day 4 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Back That Thang Up
31 Days of Disaster Recovery
Here we are at day...
2013-01-04
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Reblog: December 28 to January 3
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-01-04
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Row of nonclustered index page
Below is the formula of calculating the row size of non-clustered index page
so unique non-clustered index created on unique clustered index use smallest...
2013-01-04
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #183 – Albuquerque
I’ve been accepted to speak at SQL Saturday #183 in Albuquerque, NM on Feb 9, 2013. This is the first...
2013-01-04
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SQL Server Contracting and Business Network Wales - LinkedIn Groups Updates
I have been doing some work on some LinkedIn groups that I manage and look after over the holidays. There...
2013-01-04
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SSRS #73 – Use Calculated Field to Dynamically Set Default for Parameters
Calculated Field has existed in Reporting Services since version 2005. SSRS 2005 did not have the most attractive user interface...
2013-01-04
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T-SQL Tuesday #38 – Standing Firm
Introduction
Welcome back for the 38th installment in the wildly popular blog party for the SQL Server community. This is the...
2013-01-04 (first published: 2013-01-02)
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBA is Dead; Long...
Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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