Day 1 at SQLPASS Keynote Address
Microsoft announced the RTM of SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse, which will be available as an appliance in...
2010-11-09
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Blog Posts
Finding CPU Pressure - dm_os_schedulers DMV
The last post dealt with checking CPU pressure using wait_stats DMV. But, to get a complete picture of CPU Pressure,...
2010-11-09
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First Impressions
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Microsoft SQL Server “Denali” (CTP1) – 11.0.1103.9 (X64)
I’ve been playing with the CTP for a few days (with absolutely no...
2010-11-09
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Join Me This Week At PASS
This week at the PASS Community Summit in Seattle, I’m delivering two full length sessions, one lightening session, and chairing...
2010-11-09
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MS SQL Server 2011 aka Denali, Next Version of SQL Server - CTP 1 Now available!
Ladies and Gentlemen, SQL Server 2011, aka Denali, CTP 1 is now available as public download :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a04f16f-f6be-4f92-9c92-f7e5677d91f9
Although, I'm not attending...
2010-11-09
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November 2010 Version of SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries
Apparently, when I posted this a few days ago, the Windows Live Writer plug-in that I used mangled the T-SQL...
2010-11-09
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November S3OLV Recap
Last Thursday we had the monthly meeting for our local PASS chapter. I would normally try to get the recap out a bit sooner. This month, I intentionally delayed...
2010-11-09
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November S3OLV Recap
Last Thursday we had the monthly meeting for our local PASS chapter. I would normally try to get the recap...
2010-11-09
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Official Blogger at 2010 PASS Summit
I will be one of the “official” bloggers during the 2010 PASS Summit, which means that I get to sit...
2010-11-09
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PASS Summit 2010-Monday
I’m writing this on Tuesday morning, Monday was a blur. I awoke at 4 am, finally decided that sleep wasn’t...
2010-11-09
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers