Proper Usage of MAXDOP Setting When Compressing Indexes in SQL Server 2008/2008 R2
I am a pretty big fan of SQL Server Data Compression, especially the enhanced version found in SQL Server 2008...
2010-08-17
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Blog Posts
Random Fun – Password Rules Cheatsheet
Piggybacking tangentially off of Tim Mitchell’s (blog, Twitter) SSC editorial Turn a Bad Job into a Good Experience…yesterday I got...
2010-08-17
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SQL Saturday 28 was extraordinary!!!!
Folks, I have to tell you that this event was great!! It was really well organized, with great speakers. Personally, I...
2010-08-17
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SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update 11 (CU11) Available
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 11 for SQL Server 2005 SP3, which is Build 9.0.4309. There are only four fixes...
2010-08-17
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SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) Available
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM, which is Build 10.50.1734. I count 29 fixes...
2010-08-17
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SQLSaturday #51 in Nashville
SQLSaturday is coming to Nashville this weekend, Saturday August 21st at 8:00am in the Student Services building of Nashville State...
2010-08-17
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Star Struck
Have you ever run into an error and been puzzled as to why that error occurred?
Recently I have been working...
2010-08-17
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August PASSMN Meeting This Week
It’s that time of the month and that time of the years. Time for another PASSMN meeting. Also, time for...
2010-08-16
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Automation: Granting Read Perms for Developers
Yeah, you heard me.
Do you like to read?
“But Kendra, why would we want to grant developers read permissions? And why...
2010-08-16
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Integration Services vNext Coming Soon?
That title may be a little premature - but I've recently seen a (relative) boatload of Connect submissions getting resolved, either...
2010-08-16
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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TRY_PARSE vs TRY_CONVERT in SQL Server: From Basics to Practical Usage
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
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Question of the Day
DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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