The New Phone Book Is Here!
I can’t help it. I get really terribly excited when I publish a book. Maybe it should be old hat....
2012-06-27
1,602 reads
Blog Posts
The report execution has expired or cannot be found. [rsExecutionNotFound]
I ran across the following error in SQL Reporting Services 2008 R2 a few weeks ago:
The report execution has expired or...
2012-06-27
12,375 reads
Using a Symmetric Key
In my Encryption Primer talk, I do demo on symmetric key use, and wanted to document it here. Encryption is...
2012-06-27
2,976 reads
5 Second Rule Doesn’t Apply to Dropped Databases or Does It?
5 Second Rule Doesn’t Apply to Dropped Databases or Does It?
5 Second Rule Doesn't Apply to Dropped Databases or Does...
2012-06-26 (first published: 2012-06-22)
4,284 reads
A Fire Drill and Voter Registration
I avoid politics here, a discussion best done in other places, but hope you’ll enjoy some thoughts about a recent...
2012-06-26
788 reads
Down and Dark
I came back from vacation to find the home DSL line bouncing up and down a bit. I wasn’t overly...
2012-06-26
1,559 reads
Locking Behavior – Foreign Keys
With Snapshot (read committed snapshot and snapshot isolation level) enabled, when data reading on a table takes place, if any...
2012-06-26
2,751 reads
Preach The Gospel Always, If Necessary Use Words
I’ll be honest, I contemplated a lot about whether to write this blog or not for fear that it may...
2012-06-26
269 reads
Problems with my new book
First off, I apologize. As if writing a book wasn’t hard enough, now we get new problems because of on-demand...
2012-06-26
834 reads
SQL Rally 2012 Nordic
The Nordic SQL Server event of the year is getting closer and closer. YES it is SQL Rally Nordic that...
2012-06-26
886 reads
Blogs
Redgate and Rome
By Steve Jones
I’m at the UK Redgate office today, meeting with senior leaders in all areas...
Quick Tip: Check Most DTU Expensive Queries in Azure SQL Database
Optimizing Azure SQL Database performance often begins with identifying the most resource-intensive queries. Understanding...
PowerShell Newbie – Variables
By gbargsley
This is Week 2 of PowerShell Strikes Back – a four-week May series for...
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Question of the Day
The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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