A Caution About Checkpoints
Checkpoints in SSIS are a great tool and they definitely have their place. The downside to them is that they...
2011-04-25
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Blog Posts
A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 25
For Day 25 of this series, I want to talk about how you go about picking a CPU for your...
2011-04-25
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Disable SQL Agent Jobs with PowerShell
I had a need today to disable all of our admin jobs while I moved our admin database to another...
2011-04-25
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Do You Enable “Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads”?
Most of the time when I run a poll on my blog, I run it for at least a month...
2011-04-25
2,488 reads
Enjoy Your Life
A sad weekend, and shocking news Sunday morning. I was out running errands when I checked email and found out...
2011-04-25
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Powershell Day 25
Day 25 RMO I have observed that no body has written anything about RMO. And replications is one of my...
2011-04-25
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SQL Azure Deployments
You’ve set up your access to a SQL Azure site so you’re ready to go. Now how do you get...
2011-04-25
1,522 reads
SQL Community Support
I have blogged before about my appreciation for the SQL community mainly within the PASS organization as that is what...
2011-04-25
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SQLPeople Interview
Have you heard about this new project out there called SQLPeople? It is a new (relatively) project that is the brainchild of Andy Leonard. Andy is trying to help...
2011-04-25
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SQLPeople Interview
Have you heard about this new project out there called SQLPeople? It is a new (relatively) project that is the...
2011-04-25
544 reads
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...
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what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
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Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
degree of parallelism
Team, I'm trying to figure out what will be the best recommendation to configure...
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