C# Explicit Interface Implementation
In C# it is possible to write classes that implement an interface but only show the methods of the interface...
2012-06-07
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Blog Posts
How to Drop One Plan from Cache
While presenting this weekend at SQL Saturday #117 in Columbus, OH (great event, if you missed it, you missed it),...
2012-06-07 (first published: 2012-06-04)
3,325 reads
PAGE_VERIFY – Checksum vs. Torn Page Detection
All this talk of testing backups and data integrity and checksums has me thinking that maybe now would be a...
2012-06-07
10,806 reads
Do You Know An Exceptional DBA?
Do you know a DBA that saves the day time and again? Or one that doesn’t need to save the...
2012-06-06
983 reads
Getting started with SQL Server on private cloud
I have been invited to a private beta of SQLDirector by ScaleGrid. “SQLDirector is a MS SQL as a Service...
2012-06-06
1,534 reads
Just another SQL blog
I started out as a software developer back in 1996 in Denver, CO, doing Client/Server development in PowerBuilder. The internet...
2012-06-06
584 reads
On Break
I’m at Orlando International as I write this, about to fly to Parsippany for meetings today and tomorrow, then back...
2012-06-06
626 reads
Optimise Your Disk Subsystem I/O with An Index File Group and Index Compression
As a DBA who is always seeking solutions to performance bottlenecks, amidst the
daily rituals of validating backups and other regular...
2012-06-06
1,686 reads
Powershell Add-Type – Where’s That Assembly!
I’ve been working a lot lately with SMO and the differences between the various versions between SQL 2005, 2008, and...
2012-06-06
17,444 reads
Presenting Tips
Having done a number of presentations, I have accumulated a list of items to go over before each presentation to...
2012-06-06
1,158 reads
Blogs
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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