The Mute the Phone Office Prank
The client I work with as a lot of conference rooms, all with the standard Polycom conference phone that works...
2011-11-23
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Blog Posts
DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—Question 4
This is a continuation of my DBA in Space journal.
With each episode, DBA in Space becomes goofier and goofier. Episode...
2011-11-22
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Download SQL Server 2008 SP3 CU2
MS has recently released SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Cumulative Update 2 Released? which has fixes reported after SQL...
2011-11-22
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Monitoring a Rollback and sys.dm_exec_requests
The dynamic management view (DMV) sys.dm_exec_requests returns information about each request that is executing within SQL Server.
Instead of using Activity...
2011-11-22
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Optimizing Backup Performance
If your environment is anything like mine, backups are usually not allocated the speediest disk. Generally speaking, those disks are...
2011-11-22
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Review: Gamma Seal Lids
Last weekend I needed to go to Home Depot to get a five gallon bucket and a lid so we...
2011-11-22
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SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update 7 Released
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Cumulative Update 7, which is Build 10.00.4323.00. I count 18 fixes...
2011-11-22
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SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Cumulative Update 2 Released
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Cumulative Update 2, which is Build 10.00.5768.00. I count only 3...
2011-11-22
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SQL Server trace flags
Normally I’m not a big fan of using traceflags, my advice is only to use these when it is absolutely...
2011-11-22
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SQLSaturday 97 Speaker Recap
Great Content + Great Speakers = Awesome Event
All the evaluations have been tallied, its official SQLSaturday #97 was a hit! As a...
2011-11-22
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Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
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Question of the Day
SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
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