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Last Friday I posted a short note on what books I have read this year past, so this Friday keeping...
2010-12-17
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Blog Posts
Last restart of SQL Server
Occasionally I need to see what the date of last restart of SQL Server. The old method isto check the...
2010-12-17
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SAC in SQL 2008 (R2)
SAC (Surface Are Configuration) was the great possibility to configure the SQL Server 2005, so there were some options to...
2010-12-17
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Social Leadership And The SQL Community
2010 is rapidly coming to a close and in retrospect this has been a fantastic year of growth for the...
2010-12-17
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The Bar Where Everyone Queries Your Name?
Sent by a friend (yes, it’s a mild fake), but still, shouldn’t someone open a SQL bar or coffee place?
2010-12-17
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T-SQL Tuesday #13 Roundup
After my call for “What the Business Says Is Not What the Business Wants”, there were quite a few people...
2010-12-17
1,319 reads
Unusual BBQ
Recently some friends invited me to try a BBQ place that they enjoyed, so I went along hoping for the...
2010-12-17
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1.5 Years in, U.K. Information Commissioner Christopher Graham, Delivers on the Data Protection Act
A year after the Telegraph reported that Information Commissioner Graham would pledge a fierce approach to the stonewalling approach of...
2010-12-16
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Behold, SSIS Advanced Editor for Data Source Components
It's not everyday that one of your information vendors decides to change the format of its data feed. Evidently, today is not every day. It would be one thing...
2010-12-16
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Behold, SSIS Advanced Editor for Data Source Components
It's not everyday that one of your information vendors decides to change the format of its data feed. Evidently, today...
2010-12-16
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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,...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
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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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