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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Blog Posts
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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September PASSMN Meeting This Week
Enjoying the fall here in Minnesota? The leafs are changing a bit and temp has been dropping. Has that left...
2010-09-20
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Share Your Experiences at #SQLSAT58
Ever thought about sharing your experiences with SQL Server to more than just your immediate peers and colleagues? Up here...
2010-09-20
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SQL Saturday 46 (#sqlsat46) Recap
I was privileged to be able to attend and present at SQL Saturday 46 in Raleigh, NC, this last weekend....
2010-09-20
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SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando is Closing In
We are less than an month from SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando at Seminole State College – Sanford/Lake Mary campus on October 16th. ...
2010-09-20
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SQLSaturday Event Leaders – Reserve Your Date for H1 2011
We’ll try to push this out through multiple channels, we’re trying to forecast dates to give those thinking about events...
2010-09-20
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SSAS - Defining Attribute Relationships in 2005 and 2008
Attribute relationships inside of Analysis Services are a critical piece to the design of your dimensions.The benefits of creating attribute...
2010-09-20
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Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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