The New Path To MCM
Microsoft has announced changes to the MCM program. This page shows all the ways that you can become an MCM...
2010-11-12
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Blog Posts
Troubleshooting SQL Server Error: 18456, Severity: 14, State: 16
I recently had to track down a rogue process that was failing to log in on one of my servers....
2010-11-12
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Defensive Db Programming Chapter 08
We are slowly getting to the end of this book by Alex Kuznetsov (Blog). You can find more on this series by looking here. We are now discussing chapter 8...
2010-11-11
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Defensive Db Programming Chapter 08
We are slowly getting to the end of this book by Alex Kuznetsov (Blog). You can find more on this...
2010-11-11
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Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Database Hardware for OLTP Performance
I will be presenting my session on hardware selection and sizing today at 10:15AM in Room 608 at the PASS...
2010-11-11
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I Didn't Get Picked, but I Still Won...
and so did you, if you are a member of the SQL Server community.
I had of the three abstracts in the...
2010-11-11
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PASS Day 3: Keynote Live Blog
I’m live blogging the PASS keynote…it’s 8:44 local time.
Me: Tuesday is #SQLSat shirt day, Wednesday is #sqlkilt day, Thursday is...
2010-11-11
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PASS SQLRally Call for Speakers and Registration Open!!
Call for Speakers
With the close of the PASS Summit today, the call for speakers for PASS SQLRally has opened! so...
2010-11-11
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PASS Summit 2010, Day 3 Key Note
Today is Dr. Dewitt.
The ballroom, where the keynotes are held, is filled with extra chairs. The Summit organizers expect extra...
2010-11-11
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PASS Summit: Day 3 Keynote Live
Well, it’s the final day of PASS Summit and the week’s final keynote! Today’s keynote will be delivered by Dr....
2010-11-11
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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...
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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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