Estimating Data Compression Savings in SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
Since I finished upgrading the last of my Production environment to SQL Server 2008 R2 running on Windows Server 2008...
2010-08-23
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Blog Posts
Fall Speaking Schedule
I just got back from speaking at SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville, which was a lot of fun. I’ll write...
2010-08-23
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Free SQL Server Training for the Week of August 23, 2010
Note: I got some of the dates mixed up, so I'm re-publishing this post.
Monday
SQL Lunch - Troubleshooting SSIS Package Development - Dustin...
2010-08-23
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Getting Drive Info Part 2, DTS
In this installment of the drive info series we will gather the drive information via a DTS package. Part 1...
2010-08-23
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Incremental Load - TSQL
For my first technical post in a short while I thought I would look at something I have worked on...
2010-08-23
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Last Place? Doesn’t Matter.
As the debate rages on about the PASS election I want to share my thoughts about being a candidate that...
2010-08-23
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Looking at the Numbers
Andy Leonard has done an awesome job collecting information and putting the numbers together for the recent candidate decision for...
2010-08-23
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N Things Worth Knowing About SELECT
SELECT is this kind of Swiss Army Knife
SELECT is our bedrock, our foundation, our now-and-forever T-SQL multitasker…and it’s one of the...
2010-08-23
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Notes on SQLSaturday #51
We started the event with a speaker/volunteer dinner at the home of Kevin Kline (former PASS President, current MVP,and all...
2010-08-23
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PASS Elections
There are a lot of things I’d like to say about the PASS elections. I was on vacation last week...
2010-08-23
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Blogs
ISACA AI Material/Exam Prep Discount (May 18 – June 30, 2026)
By Brian Kelley
If you are considering any of the ISACA AI certs like the Advanced Artificial...
A Fabric solution can be very cost effective
By ChrisJenkins
Are you currently using Microsoft Fabric or considering migrating to it? If so, there...
Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log
By SQLPals
Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log If you...
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We Are Eating Our Own Seed Corn
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Before Using AI with Business Data, Read This
Artificial intelligence tools are quickly becoming part of daily business operations, from document analysis...
Designing SQL Server ETL Pipelines That Don't Break at Scale
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Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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