SQLSaturday #49 in Orlando!
We just put the site up, starting a little earlier than last year, and over the course of this week...
2010-04-21
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Blog Posts
Thoughts on the SQL Server 2008 R2 Press Conference
If you weren't aware, Microsoft held a BI telelconference today which announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of SQL Server...
2010-04-21
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Virtualisation – An Introduction
For the last two years or so, in one capacity or another I have been running SQL Server in virtual...
2010-04-21
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A DMV a Day – Day 20
The DMV for Day 20 is sys.dm_exec_cached_plans which is described by BOL as:
Returns a row for each query plan that...
2010-04-20
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Growing PASS Step One - Communication
My History with PASS
Over the last two years I have become more involved in the SQL Server community through attending...
2010-04-20
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Review: Ninite
Found Ninite while browsing a list of efficiency tools on PCWorld.com. It’s a one stop super installer, you run through...
2010-04-20
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Sad Sack – Hardware Failures all over
I feel like I have some bad digital karma lately. In the past week I’ve had these downed systems:
iPod iTouch...
2010-04-20
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SQL Saturday #39, New York, New York
A town so big they named it twice.
If you’re not excited about SQL Saturday in NYC this weekend… why not?...
2010-04-20
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SQL Server Agent
Found out this week – that we should be restarting this service at least once a week ! (thus allowing the CPU...
2010-04-20
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Staying Current with SQL Server Builds
There was some conversation on Twitter about how to get notification when new Cumulative Updates are released for SQL Server...
2010-04-20
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Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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Finding Motivation
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SQL Art, Part 2: New Year Fireworks in SSMS
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Question of the Day
The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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