What Did that Geek Just Say?
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, maintains a Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures. The dictionary is a great place to go to find out what people...
2010-09-21
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Blog Posts
Aliases in SQL Server 2008
Recently I set up replication and as the target server was not on our domain I initially used an IP...
2010-09-20
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Breaking Into SQL Showbiz
You can tell by my face, I'm an expert
Matthew Velic (blog, Twitter) just asked this question on Twitter:
And really that’s...
2010-09-20
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Free SQL Server Training for the Week of September 20, 2010
Monday
PASS Data Warehousing/BI Virtual Chapter - Adaptive BI: Engineering a BI Solution - Davide Mauri
Tuesday
SQL Lunch - Restartability in SSIS - Kyle Walker
Pragmatic Works...
2010-09-20
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Home Theater Upgrades
Back in late 2003, I had my basement finished,and as part of that effort, I put in a dedicated home...
2010-09-20
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Kimball University: Microsoft Data Warehouse in Depth
Several years ago, late 2006, I decided to focus my career on Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence (DW/BI). I was...
2010-09-20
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Most SQL Server DBAs Still Don’t Know About Instant File Initialization
In my most recent poll, I asked DBAs if they have turned on instant file initialization on their SQL Servers....
2010-09-20
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PASS Update #43
Last Friday saw the end of the 2010 PASS election and it was very nice to find out I had...
2010-09-20
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Review: Choosing to Cheat
Cross-posted from The Goal Keeping DBA blog.
I first heard about this book at SQL Saturday #51 when I was talking...
2010-09-20
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Roadtrip! SQL Saturday #53 - Kansas City
After speaking this coming weekend in Denver at SQL Saturday #52, I’m heading to SQL Saturday #53 in Kansas City...
2010-09-20
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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