Neat script to monitor activity
Scouring the web this week, I stumbled across SQL Server MVP Adam Mechanics and his script :-
Who is Active?
Its basically a...
2010-08-19
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Blog Posts
Newest Pragmatic Works’ Team Book on Amazon
Check out our latest book on Amazon. It’s not for sales yet, but just seeing the title up there is...
2010-08-19
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SQL Saturday 40 – Behind the SQL
Ok folks, the video from SQL Saturday 40 is finally up. Thanks to the sponsors who helped foot the bill...
2010-08-19
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SQL Saturday 40 Recap
Well SQL Saturday here in South Florida was QUITE an event this past weekend. We had over 400+ attendees and...
2010-08-19
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SQL Saturday Advice – Feedback and Raffles
At SQL Saturday #28, I was surprised to be given the speaker evaluations after my first session. One of the...
2010-08-19
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SQL Server Browser Service
One of the most common questions I get from folks during out quickstart engagements is around a new service in...
2010-08-19
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Stapler Method
This is long overdue and goes out to my buddies from the SSAS Class I taught late last year. Two...
2010-08-19
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Thoughts On The 2010 PASS BoD Elections Candidate List
Yesterday PASS published the list of candidates on the ballot for the 2010 Board of Directors election. Much to my...
2010-08-19
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Undocumented Stored Procedures
Just a quick list of undocumented SPs, many of which are deprecated.
Note, use caution using some of these ! But others...
2010-08-19
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Unique/Non-Unique Clustered Indexes
In the last blog post I have talked about unique/non-unique clustered indexes on a heap
table. A table without a clustered...
2010-08-19
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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...
Forums
We Are Eating Our Own Seed Corn
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Before Using AI with Business Data, Read This
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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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