Simple Script to Determine Who To Kill (SPIDs)
I'm mostly working now supporting the building of SSIS packages for ETL. And on one particular project we've been making heavy...
2010-08-06
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturday #28 Update
We are just about a week away from probably the biggest FREE training event to ever take place in Baton...
2010-08-06
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The Inteview is Done
I completed my interview for the PASS board election today. I don’t want to talk about what was in the...
2010-08-06
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Tiny Homes
Over the course of my life I’ve lived in a few different places; small home, apartment, pup tent, large tent,...
2010-08-06
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Windows Azure Platform One Month Pass
According to all of their public pronouncements and the flurry of recent activity, Microsoft seems extremely serious about Windows Azure...
2010-08-06
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GTD: Emergency Scanning versus Processing
Cross-posted from The Goal Keeping DBA blog.
I'm making an earnest effort to work through Getting Things Done in an effort...
2010-08-05
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Middle of the Pack
I noticed the scores for the first part of the PASS nomination process were posted recently. These were the aggregate...
2010-08-05
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Midlands PASS Meeting - August 10
Topic: Creating a SQL Server Utility Environment
Can SQL Server be offered as a service (SQLaaS)? Can SQL Server be treated like...
2010-08-05
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Notes on Mentoring
Being a good mentor is hard, perhaps harder than being a parent, because with children it’s fair to share with...
2010-08-05
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SQL Lunch #26 Analysis Services Security
Today at 12:30 EST I will be presenting for SQL Lunch on the topic of Analysis Services Security. Make sure to be...
2010-08-05
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Blogs
TRY_PARSE Limitations: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I got a notification from a question I’d posted at SQL Server Central: Getting...
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices
By SQLPals
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices In...
Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026 Report is out
By Brian Kelley
Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing are two areas of emerging technology that receive most...
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A Limited Startup
I add this parameter to SQL Server 2025 in the Configuration Manager:
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