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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Blog Posts
Denver SQL Server User Group Holiday Party
Tonight was the 2010 Denver SQL Server User group party. I typically haven’t done in the past to the holiday...
2010-12-16
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Giving Thanks
I often say I am where I am in the community because of other folks. As we approach the close...
2010-12-16
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Insert_Identity Permissions
Despite my joking with Aaron Bertrand on Twitter that his suggestion on Connect got voted down because he’s Canadian, I...
2010-12-16
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Notes from the December 2010 OPASS Meeting
Our December meeting was a time for a lot of changes:
New location, the Hampton Inn in Lake Mary. It’s further...
2010-12-16
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Number of sessions per database
Sometimes when we need to do some maintenance on a SQL server, you need to verify which users are connected...
2010-12-16
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Powershell, Me and the MCM
If you haven’t heard yet, Microsoft has made some significant changes to the MCM program. The changes make the certification more accessible to the masses. You can read more...
2010-12-16
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Powershell, Me and the MCM
If you haven’t heard yet, Microsoft has made some significant changes to the MCM program. The changes make the certification...
2010-12-16
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Select * from dbo.FAIL: invalid metadata in views and user defined functions
This week a question on the Twitter #sqlhelp hash tag reminded me of a detail of SQL Server that I...
2010-12-16
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SQL Server Storage Internals Part 2 - Partitions and Allocation Units
Before moving on to see anatomy of different types of pages, lets spend some time to understand
The relationship among sys.objects,...
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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SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
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How Long is a Long I/O?
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T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
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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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