Don't Do This
In working on applications at client sites you tend to come across code that makes you think "what were they...
2010-06-25
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Blog Posts
Growing the SQL Community – Carefully
If you’re a blogger or a twitterer or a SQL speaker or PASS volunteer, you do it because you have...
2010-06-25
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How much memory is each SQL Server database using?
Whilst perusing the forums over at SQL Server Central today I stumbled across an interesting question regarding how to identify...
2010-06-25
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Lock Pages in Memory
It is generally recommended that 'lock pages in memory' be enabled for your SQL Servers to prevent the OS paging...
2010-06-25
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Powershell Fundamentals
I’ve had the opportunity this week to take class with Don Jones (blog | twitter), PowerShell guru and author of PowerShell...
2010-06-25
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Speaking and Presenting Tips - Bullets
I’ve heard this before, it came up in the Tufte seminar I took, and it also was something that grated...
2010-06-25
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The ‘addicted to data’ decade is still in its infancy
“Content is king” is the golden rule of the SEO. The semantic web is all about data. Any web...
2010-06-25
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The ‘addicted to data’ decade is still in its infancy
“Content is king” is the golden rule of the SEO. The semantic web is all about data. Any web or traditional application has no value without data. Few people...
2010-06-25
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The Exceptional DBA of 2010
I’ve been a judge in this contest for the last 3 years, and each years we’ve had really good finalists,...
2010-06-25
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What Has Jack Been Up to?
It has been awhile since my last post mainly because I was on a working vacation in northern New England...
2010-06-25
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBA is Dead; Long...
Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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