Ghost Cleanup process
I’ve been digging deeper into the Ghost Cleanup process recently, and quite naturally my quest lead to Paul Randal’s blog....
2012-12-17
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Blog Posts
Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS) Presentation
I will be presenting the session “Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS)” at the Data Architecture Virtual Chapter on Thursday, Dec...
2012-12-17
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Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #11
Throughout the week, I like to tweet links to the things that I’ve been reading. Since they all come out through out...
2012-12-17
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Let’s Talk About Joins
T-SQL Tuesday #37
This month please join us in the TSQL blog party that happens on the second tuesday of the...
2012-12-17 (first published: 2012-12-11)
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On the Fifth Day…
Today we will have a quick change of pace. This will be less about maintenance and more about internals. Today’s topic is one of particular interest to me as...
2012-12-17
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On the Fifth Day…
Today we will have a quick change of pace. This will be less about maintenance and more about internals.
Today’s topic...
2012-12-17
1,082 reads
Speaking at PASSMN Tomorrow & Happy Hour
Come on out to the Minnesota PASS SQL Server User Group (PASSMN) tomorrow and hear me speak about extended events....
2012-12-17
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SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 10
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update 10, which is Build 10.50.2868. I count 15...
2012-12-17
1,928 reads
SQL Server Training in 2013–SQL Server 2012 New Features
As we approach the end of 2012 – The release year for SQL Server 2012 many of you as we approach...
2012-12-17
954 reads
Your Top 10 Posts of the Year
Top of the Flops
Short and sweet today, here’s what you enjoyed reading the most this year on the blog. No...
2012-12-17
781 reads
Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
Forums
query to track time spent on individual tasks in SSIS
Hi everyone I am looking at building a query to determine how much time...
SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server Transactional Replication from...
Hidden Heroes
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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