The laptop rebuild continues
Not done yet, but I have been slowly patching and installing software over the last few evenings, stuck at my...
2011-01-07
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Blog Posts
Troubleshooting SSRS subscription failures
Of-late one of our SSRS 2005 report subscriptions started to fail regularly with the error message
Failure sending mail: Timeout expired....
2011-01-07
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Windows Experience on W510
I toyed with the idea of using the SSD for my main drive, but I’d really like to get the...
2011-01-07
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31 Days of SSIS – Recursive SSIS Package (6/31)
31 Days of SSIS
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m writing 31 Days of SSIS. In the first post...
2011-01-06
2,559 reads
Date Rounding Tactics and the Tiny Devil of SMALLDATETIME
Tiny Devils
With every new year I think a little bit about time and dates. This posts looks a little more...
2011-01-06
2,385 reads
Denali is coming…..
SQL Server 11 (code-named “Denali”)
Heres the official MS speak:-
Microsoft SQL Server code-named “Denali” empowers organizations to be more agile in...
2011-01-06
463 reads
Fun with a String
I recently had a friend contact me recently to ask for some help with TSQL. The basic issue is that he had 2 tables. Table 1 has numeric key...
2011-01-06
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Fun with a String
I recently had a friend contact me recently to ask for some help with TSQL. The basic issue is that...
2011-01-06
1,056 reads
Goals for 2011
Last week I wrote about my goals for last year and some frustration at having to make some trade offs...
2011-01-06
572 reads
PASSMN January Meeting Update
Thought I would drop a quick note on the January PASSMN meeting. We’re running a bit behind getting things ramped...
2011-01-06
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Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Forums
SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...
How Long is a Long I/O?
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T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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