SQLPASS Virtual Chapters
Today is a topic that is close to my heart. Many of you probably don’t know that the SQL pass...
2010-11-22
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Blog Posts
SSIS Denali Data Flow Grouping
There have been several usability features that have been added to SSIS in the latest CTP.One of these features is...
2010-11-22
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Turn Rows into Columns in Excel
Have you ever had to take a long column of data in Excel and turn it into a column? There...
2010-11-22
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Un-SQL Friday 001: Branding
Since it’s Sunday (almost Monday), I thought I would chip into Un-SQL Friday. Before I get down to brass tacks,...
2010-11-22
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XQuery for the Non-Expert – Value
Follow the rest of this series at the XQuery for the Non-Expert – X-Query Resources introduction post.
Talk to the Experts
In the...
2010-11-22
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Guest Vs. Host Clustering Virtual Machines: Speaking Tuesday 23rd November at Montreal Tech Days
I will be replacing speaker Steven Robidas on Tuesday, 23 November at Microsoft TechDays.ca Montreal. The discussion will be on...
2010-11-21
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New book from Pragmatic Works in the "works"...
Hey folks, Just a quick preview that we’re hard at work again on a new book with Wiley publishing focused...
2010-11-21
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New Video Blogs
Hey there folks! I am sorry it has been about a week without an entry.I have been on planes all...
2010-11-21
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SQLSaturday#59 - It's A Wrap! - Summary of Our Saturday...
SQLSaturday#59 went off without a hitch! It was one awesome fun-filled day with our great speakers, sponsors, volunteers, and hundreds...
2010-11-21
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Un-SQL Friday: Personal Branding – Don’t Bother
My friend Jen McCown of MidnightDBA fame issued a challenge last week called “Un-SQL Friday”. The inaugural topic is on...
2010-11-21
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Blogs
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,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
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...
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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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