T-SQL Tuesday #025 – Tips and Tricks
And the trick i share for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday is… Distraction free management studio.
If you’re an avid writer, you might...
2011-12-13
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Blog Posts
Changes to SQL Server 2012 Execution Plans
I’ve been working with execution plans quite a lot in SQL Server 2012. There are a number of changes, most...
2011-12-12
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CPU-Z 1.59 Released
One of my favorite free tools for getting some processor and memory specific information from a Windows computer (whether is...
2011-12-12
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More Culture-The Failure Wall
Ran across this during my daily reading, a post by Jeff Stibel on Why I Hire People That Fail. The...
2011-12-12
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Presenting at IT Pro Camp in January 2012
My first outing of the new year will be at the IT Pro Camp here in Orlando, working on some...
2011-12-12
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Replication Bookmarks
I started a list of the resources I frequent the most in the MSDN Library SQL Server Books Online - Replication,...
2011-12-12
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SQL Traces and c2 auditing are different
Sometimes end users interchange the terms : C2 auditing and Traces.
They server different purposes.
c2 auditing records all attempts (successfull and...
2011-12-12
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Top SSAS white papers
These are my favorite SSAS white papers released by Microsoft, with many from SQLCAT. I’ll keep this post updated with new...
2011-12-12
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Working with SQL Server Third Party Vendors
I ran across Denny Cherry’s (@MrDenny) blog on Fixing Vendor Performance Problems in which he outlines three methods of dealing...
2011-12-12
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Notes from Mission Critical Environments in SQL Server 2012, Webinar by Marc Theoret
The other day I sat in while Marc Theoret gave a great overview of the what is coming in SQL...
2011-12-11
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers