What’s Going on with SQL Server Service Account Changes?
For years we’ve been told you should use Enterprise Manager in SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server Configuration Manager in...
2010-12-10
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Blog Posts
Book Review: The Way We Work Isn’t Working
The Way We Work Isn’t Working by Tony Schwartz ($19 @ Amazon) is a holistic approach to work and a work...
2010-12-09
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Bundle of Joy
After baking for 9 months, our bouncing baby girl has finally arrived. She arrived Thursday Dec 2, 2010 at 8:28 AM (PST). There were no complications and the delivery...
2010-12-09
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Bundle of Joy
After baking for 9 months, our bouncing baby girl has finally arrived. She arrived Thursday Dec 2, 2010 at 8:28...
2010-12-09
620 reads
Can You Dig It? – Parallelism in the Plan Cache
She can dig it!
D Sharon PruittIn the lead in to this post, I talked about how the plan cache can...
2010-12-09
6,252 reads
Microsoft Codename Atlanta Attempts to Help Out DBAs By Providing Basic Assistance
I have always recommended that DBAs be as proactive as possible, catching potential problems, and actual problems, as soon as...
2010-12-09
1,097 reads
Spotlight: Jes Borland
It’s been a few months…time for another Spotlight!
Just to catch you up, occasionally someone in the SQL community – usually someone...
2010-12-09
1,410 reads
SQL Saturday New England, #71
I’ve finally got everything together to get the web site going for SQL Saturday #71. The call for speakers is...
2010-12-09
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SQL Server 2008 R2 System Views Map
Update from Microsoft for SQL Server 2008 & 2008 R2. There is the graphical map of the system views included SQL...
2010-12-09
1,036 reads
British Heart Foundation – Christmas Event
CHRISTMAS AT THE MUSICALS
Originally posted on Senghenydd Cricket Club website.
Join The Romilly Singers as they entertain you through a...
2010-12-08
551 reads
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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