DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—Question 9
This is a continuation of my DBA in Space journal.
Episode nine was filmed in the “Mars” exhibit. In this scene,...
2011-12-01
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Blog Posts
December Question: When reflecting on this year, what has gone well, and what would you do differently?
December is the last month of the year, and is often a good time to reflect on the past year...
2011-12-01
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PASS Update #67
It’s been a slow few weeks since my last update. This week I did a call with Karla and Wes...
2011-12-01
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PASS Update #67 (Election)
Today the slate of candidates for the 2012-2013 term was announced;
Adam Jorgensen, Denise McInerney, Geoff Hiten, Kendal Van Dyke,...
2011-12-01
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Speaking in Colorado Springs
I’m probably going to have to put together a new SQL video, because I’ve been accepted to speak at SQL...
2011-12-01
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SQL Saturday 99 – Digineer Interview
Welcome to the second of a few sponsor interview posts from SQL Saturday 99. After reading Arnie Rowland’s (Blog | @ArnieRowland)...
2011-12-01
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SQL Server 2012 – Bug in sys.fn_xe_file_target_read_file?
So I finally managed to get my hands on a VM with Windows 2008 R2 SP1 so I could install...
2011-12-01
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SQL Table variable and temporary table
Table variables and Temporary tables are used interchangeably – but they were designed for different purposes.
Temporary tables were designed for storage...
2011-12-01
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The Blocked Process Report
A few days ago, one of my customers asked if there is a possibility to get a notification
from SQL Server...
2011-12-01
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Using NOLOCK hint
Use NOLOCK hint to avoid block - this is what I have often heard/see in many forums I participate, during local...
2011-12-01
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Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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Question of the Day
BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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