SQLRally Orlando Begins This Week!
It actually starts tomorrow for me (and many of you), I’ll be at the Marriott World Center around 1 pm...
2011-05-09
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Blog Posts
SSC Editorial: Running as SysAdmin
My editorial about Running as Sysadmin ran in the SQLServerCentral newsletter yesterday and generated some good (and passionate!) responses. It’s...
2011-05-09
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Catalog view or compatibility view?
G’day,
The recommended way to access SQL SERVER metadata is through the catalog views.
The challenge is to be able to distinguish...
2011-05-08
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My 2011 PASS Summit Submissions
I wasn’t sure that I would submit anything, but in the end I committed to a few events in Seattle...
2011-05-06
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New Diagnostic Manager functionality
The latest version of Ideras’ SQL Diagnositc Manager offers some pretty nifty predictive analysis capability. Offering at present, a 12 hour forecast.
This gives...
2011-05-06
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Orlando 101 For SQLRally Attendees: Weather
The inaugural SQLRally in Orlando is less than a week away (May 11-13)! Maybe you're coming to Orlando for the...
2011-05-06
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RCSI/SI doesn't work with rows larger than 8046 bytes
During this week I have prepared a workshop about Locking & Blocking for one of
my customers. One big part of this...
2011-05-06
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Re-blog – April 29-May 5
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-05-06
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SQL University: Precedence Constraints
Welcome back, class! In our last class, we setup a parent-child package configuration and showed how you can pass variables...
2011-05-06
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SQLRally OverDrive Events!
So you’re going to SQLRally in Orlando next week? Want to take advantage of ALL of the awesome opportunities presented?...
2011-05-06
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
A Front Door for the DBA Team – AgentDBA UI
By Arun Sirpal
AgentDBA began as a command line. That suits one DBA on one server, but...
Cleaning Up Azure MS Defender Billing
By Steve Jones
I have a few Azure subscriptions, which are fairly small and not used that...
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