Re-blog – August 19-August 25
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-08-26
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Blog Posts
Session Files for Replication Magic Presentation to WSSUG
Session Files for Replication Magic Presentation to WSSUG
Replication Magic
I presented my session on Replication Magic: Initializing from Backup to the...
2011-08-26
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Side by Side installation of SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2
Recently I had to install SQL SERVER 2008 R2 BIDS on top of a machine which already had SQL SERVER...
2011-08-26
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SQLMCM Training – Day 18
Today we covered the topics Full Text Search, Change Data Capture, Change Tracking,
and Service Broker. I have taken no notes...
2011-08-26
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Building A New Storage Test Server
We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat
Not to sound too obvious, I test IO systems. That means from time to time...
2011-08-25
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Create a Log Backup Schedule – #1 Skill You Need
This series of blog posts are related to my presentation, The Top Ten Skills You Need, which is scheduled for...
2011-08-25
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Index Disabled and Index Rebuild
I received the following message from a Developer. The message was on a Test SQL Server
“NC_myIndex " on table "VeryLargeTable" (specified...
2011-08-25
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PASS Update #63 (How Do We Rate)
A short update today, following up on an email to the Board from incoming VP of Finance Douglas McDowell who...
2011-08-25
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Reading SQL Error log
SQL Error log can be read from SQL Server's management studio. However, Management studio is too slow and definitely not...
2011-08-25
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SQL Server – CTP is now available for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3
CTP has been made available earlier this week for SQL Server 2008 SP3 on Download Center. Read this MSDN blog...
2011-08-25
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Blogs
Future IT Roles – Agentic Architect and AI Boom!!
By Vinay Thakur
These days everything is changing to AI World, IT roles are getting changed and...
Free Webinar about Columnstore Indexes
I’m doing a small series on indexing basics for SQL Server, and on May...
PlanTrace: Stop Reading Redshift EXPLAIN Plans. Start Seeing Them
PlanTrace: Stop Reading Redshift EXPLAIN Plans. Start Seeing Them Introducing PlanTrace — a free, browser-based...
Forums
SPAM Issues May 2026
We suffered a SPAM attack from May 1-6, which unfortunately corresponded with time off...
SQL Password enforcing
Hi to all We have situation at a client where someone is illegally changing...
SQL Password enforcing
Hi to all We have situation at a client where someone is illegally changing...
Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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