Is your LOG backed up?
You have been doing a fantastic job of late. You have all of your databases being backed up on a regular schedule. Now you get an alert that your...
2013-02-11
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Blog Posts
Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #19
Every day, I link out a few blogs posts and articles that I’ve read or used from across the internet....
2013-02-11
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LinkedIn Endorsements
Last year LinkedIn rolled out a new feature called endorsements, not to be confused with recommendations. Recommendations are free form...
2013-02-11
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Refresh Intellisense in SSMS(SQL Server Management Studio) 2008 & above
Intellisense is a new feature that comes with SSMS(SQL Server Management Studio) 2008 onwards. Intellisense makes coding quite easy.
But Sometimes...
2013-02-11
1,855 reads
Right sizing your virtual machine for maximum database performance
I have a new blog post up at HouseOfBrick.com on why you should understand your workload performance characteristics. When you...
2013-02-11
944 reads
Something to watch out for when using sp_rename on Stored Procedures, Functions and Views
For those who don’t know, the stored procedure sp_rename allows you to change the name of a user-created object. Basically...
2013-02-11
2,358 reads
SQL Agent Alert System Error: [264] An attempt was made to send an email when no email session has been established
Today, I received an email from the development team complaining why they have not received any of the SQL Agent...
2013-02-11
4,509 reads
SQL Saturday #183 Albuquerque – Wrap Up
This past weekend was the first SQL Saturday in New Mexico. I had written about our trip down last week,...
2013-02-11
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SSIS Webinar Satisfaction Score
Our first free SSIS Webinar is over and the overall satisfaction score we got was 9.2 out of 10 so...
2013-02-11
1,026 reads
XML Support and SQL Server (Part 3)
Checkout the third part of my XML support and SQL Server article series here.
In this part, I talked about the...
2013-02-11
698 reads
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: Tables
Which of the following psql meta commands (also called backslash or slash commands) will provide information about tables within a database?
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