PASS 2011 Summit Abstract Submissions
Today is the last day to submit session abstracts for the PASS 2011 Summit. I was lucky enough to speak...
2011-05-04
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Blog Posts
Policy-Based Management and Local Password Policy
This post is based on an interesting question/situation that was posted over at ASKSSC.com today. The user asked how to...
2011-05-04
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SQL Saturday #74 Session Recap
Hopefully if you came to my session this year at SQL Saturday in Jacksonville, FL you came away with some...
2011-05-04
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SQLRally 2011 Scripting Guy Guest Blog Post
Ed Wilson (Blog|Twitter) aka Scripting Guy has series of SQL Server related posts the week of May 2nd 2011 including...
2011-05-04
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SQLRally–Don’t Forget Your Business Cards?
SQLRally is a week away. Are you ready? It’s going to be a good time to learn and freshen up...
2011-05-04
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SSIS package runs fine until put in a job
I see this issue pop up every now and then: A developer creates an SSIS package in BIDS and gets...
2011-05-04
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Writing Better Emails
In January 2009, I made the transition back to being a senior DBA. One of the first things my manager...
2011-05-04
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Calling all UK Bloggers…
Amazingly It’s been just over 4 months since I started my list of UK based SQL Server bloggers, and I...
2011-05-03
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How often do you check email?
If you read the experts, most folks check their emails too many times during the day. Today, while giving a...
2011-05-03
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Indexing for ORs
All of the indexing strategy posts I’ve written in the past have been concerned with predicates combined with ANDs. That’s...
2011-05-03
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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