A Tail Log Needs a Clean Shutdown
Someone posted a note asking how they might restore if the disk that contained their transaction log crashed. I replied...
2010-08-09
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Blog Posts
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Pack is now available.
Not sure if anyone else posted about this, but just sharing the news of the R2 Management Pack from MSDN:
"Following...
2010-08-09
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Reminder to Vote for the SQLRally Logo
Kendal Van Dyke blogged about it last week here, we ended up with 3 great designs to pick from for...
2010-08-09
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SQL lunch 28-SSIS Design Patterns
Hey folks - Dont 'forget to check out SQL Lunch today. I'm hosting Mr. Andy Leonard! Always exciting and cool information.....
2010-08-09
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SQL Saturday, Southern Tour
Things have worked out where I'll be able to hit a SQL Saturday for this month and each of the next...
2010-08-09
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SQLCruise: I’m No Longer On a Boat…So I’m Sad
Pirate Cat can haz ur Swag?
Well it’s the first Monday back since this amazing trip and some folks have wasted...
2010-08-09
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Volunteering Equals Karma, Not Cash
One of the things I think we don’t do well sometimes – in generally – is set fair expectations with regards to...
2010-08-09
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devLINK a Huge Success
Where can you spend $100 and get three full days of technical training? devLINK of course. devLINK 2010 was held...
2010-08-08
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RE: Contract Coding: Ensuring your Client pays up (great article from Damon Armstrong)
I am very happy to see Damon Armstrong take up this touchy subject in Simple-Talk.com `s Opinion section. Worth a...
2010-08-08
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sp_help_partition
If you are using partitioned tables, this may come in handy. I’ll keep it short and just post the code....
2010-08-08
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Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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