thanks for Bud
My Dad died horribly three weeks ago in a fall after the power got knocked out during Hurricane Sandy. I...
2012-11-22
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Blog Posts
Using Facebook to extend/enhance your blogging
I read a blog a few months ago by Ramkumar Gopal (blog) in which he had setup a Facebook page...
2012-11-22
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blogging fun: dealing with spammers like Psychz Networks
@PsychzNetworks is spamming me non-stop. Every minute of every day.
I googled them and it seems Psychz Networks are famous for...
2012-11-21
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Database Mirroring Performance Counters
This week’s SQL Skills insider email contains a simple but often too true scenario regarding database mirroring. If you haven’t...
2012-11-21 (first published: 2012-11-14)
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Final 2012 Learning Opportunity
There’s still a little time left in the year. I know some businesses have allocated training budgets and if they...
2012-11-21
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How to Use xp_delete_file to Purge Old Backup Files
Continuing on my recent trend of using undocumented stored procedures, this week I thought we can cover using xp_delete_file to...
2012-11-21
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – syspermissions
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-21
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysusers
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-21
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Most Interesting People…
Here are the most interesting people I met at PASS Summit 2012
Mickey Stuewe (sqlmickey)
Neil Hambly (neil_hambly)
Bob Hovious
Gail Shaw (sqlinthewild)
Ed Watson...
2012-11-21
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Most Interesting People…
Here are the most interesting people I met at PASS Summit 2012 Mickey Stuewe (sqlmickey) Neil Hambly (neil_hambly) Bob Hovious Gail Shaw (sqlinthewild) Ed Watson (SQLGator) ...
2012-11-21
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Blogs
Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments–Day of Data Boston
By Steve Jones
Here are the resources for my talk at Day of Data Boston. Slides –...
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Forums
SQL Server Storage Optimization: Multiple Files in a Filegroup vs Dedicated File
Hello, I would like to get some feedback regarding the best storage optimization strategy...
Azure SQL Database Event Log Limitations
Hi, Do you know if there is a way to get more detailed logging...
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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