The Development DBA Role
The Development DBA role, though not as common as the more prominent DBA and Database Developer roles in the database...
2010-12-01
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Blog Posts
When Were The Statistics In SQL Server Last Updated?
When SQL Server receives a new query, the Query Optimizer undertakes the task of identifying a good plan to resolve the...
2010-12-01
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2010 PASS Summit Slide Decks and Scripts
How time flies - it really has been almost 2 1\2 weeks since the 2010 PASS Summit came to a close!...
2010-11-30
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Book Review: Chasing Daylight
I read Chasing Daylight by Eugene O’Kelly after a reference to it in an audio book. It’s the story of...
2010-11-30
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Certificate Based Application Roles
What if I told you that you could sign an assembly that your Windows application uses with a certificate, load...
2010-11-30
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Executing PowerShell in SQL Server Redux
A while ago I blogged about using xp_cmdshell to execute a PowerShell script in SQL Server and return a result...
2010-11-30
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Multiple Mirrors
Up through SQL Server 2008 R2 database mirroring has been limited to a single mirror for each database. While that...
2010-11-30
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NOLOCK – truth
With the NOLOCK hint (or setting the isolation level of the session to READ UNCOMMITTED) you tell SQL Server that...
2010-11-30
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PASS Summit Magic: The Prestige
Ta-DA!!!!
So we started this show with the Pledge, got wowed with the Turn and finally we’ve come to the last...
2010-11-30
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Regressions
Hannah Dustin, Upset about Regression
One of the most important take-aways from David Dewitt’s presentation at the PASS Summit was the...
2010-11-30
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Blogs
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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