Moving Windows in Windows 7
I had my laptop connected to a projector recently, and for some reason a few windows got moved off screen,...
2010-12-06
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Blog Posts
My Weekend
We are now well into December and Christmas is fast approaching, I have most, but not all of my shopping...
2010-12-06
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Review: Idera SQL Doctor
Recently, a co-worker practically slammed me up against the wall, exclaiming “You have to check out this new tool, right...
2010-12-06
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SQLRally Call for Presenters
Go SQL! Go SQL! I haven’t blogged about it until now. If you weren’t aware, there’s a new conference in...
2010-12-06
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The Basics of Troubleshooting
After seeing several cases in the past couple of months where I felt the basics of troubleshooting were violated, I...
2010-12-06
2,220 reads
Tip: Schema Qualify Objects in SPs
“Eat your broccoli.”
“Wear your gloves.”
“Schema qualify your objects.”
Your Mom wasn’t kidding, and she always gave the best advice. We’ve already...
2010-12-06
1,709 reads
Digg
I’m currently doing some experiments with ,y blog and trying out digg.com. In order to do that I need to...
2010-12-05
526 reads
What happens when a query is submitted?
I know, We cant cover life span of query in short. here is my another try to list some high level information...
2010-12-05
5,428 reads
Getting Drive Info, Part 5, the SSIS WMI Data Reader Task
In the final installment of the Getting Drive Info series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4), SSIS will again be used to collect and save the drive...
2010-12-04
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Getting Drive Info, Part 5, the SSIS WMI Data Reader Task
In the final installment of the Getting Drive Info series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4), SSIS will...
2010-12-04
1,890 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,...
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?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Long is a Long...
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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