Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Released and Installed
Microsoft has made Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (and Windows 7 SP1) available on MSDN and TechNet earlier...
2011-02-16
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Blog Posts
Are int joins faster than string joins?
This one comes up a lot on the forums, often as advice given…
“You should use integers for the key rather...
2011-02-15
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Book Review: The Lazy Project Manager
“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.” Some attribute the axiom to Frank Lloyd Wright but others are adamant that he’s not the origin of it. Whoever said it had...
2011-02-15
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Book Review: The Lazy Project Manager
“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.” Some attribute the axiom to Frank Lloyd Wright but others are adamant that...
2011-02-15
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DWH Workshop material
As announced in my DWH workshop in Munich, you can find here my
whole ETL solution. Thanks for attending my workshop...
2011-02-15
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February Update
I haven't written anything for a while and again, for the second month running I missed TSQL2usday. It's a shame...
2011-02-15
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MagicPASS February 2011 Meeting
If you're in the central Florida area you're invited to the February 2011 meeting of MagicPASS, South Orlando's SQL Server...
2011-02-15
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More info on nested views causing performance problems
As if I needed any further convincing that nested views were bad....
The other day I had to write a particularly...
2011-02-15
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Presenting "Secrets Of SQL Server" Idera Webcast On Feb. 16
On Wednesday, Feb 16th, 3 PM Eastern I'm presenting a webcast for Idera's Secrets of SQL Server series. Presentation details...
2011-02-15
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Recent AMD Processor News
AMD has released five new specific models in their Opteron 6100 series line. Of these, the one you should be...
2011-02-15
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Blogs
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...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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