A DMV a Day – Day 24
The DMV for Day 24 is sys.dm_exec_requests, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about each request that is executing...
2010-04-24
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Blog Posts
Reporting Services 2008 R2 Report Parts
Reporting Services 2008 R2 has many new great features that I’ve written about lately (Data Bars and Indicators). Today I...
2010-04-24
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A DMV a Day – Day 23
The DMV for Day 23 is sys.dm_os_process_memory, which is described by BOL as:
Most memory allocations that are attributed to the...
2010-04-23
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Adding Administrator
I installed a new VM with SQL Server in it, along with Win 7 and Reporting Services. The plan was...
2010-04-23
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Besides Being a DBA, Do You Also Happen to be an Exchange Administrator?
I know a lot of DBAs fall into the category of part-time DBAs, because they work in small IT shops...
2010-04-23
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Book Review - Rework
I have been a fan of 37 Signals for some time, and I read their blog regularly. I think they...
2010-04-23
788 reads
Book Review: Knives at Dawn: America’s Quest for Culinary Glory at the Legendary Bocuse d’Or Competition
Another find from the new book shelf at the local library, Knives at Dawn: America’s Quest for Culinary Glory at...
2010-04-23
476 reads
Increasing deadlocks with NoLock
One of my personal pet issues is with inappropriate use of the NOLOCK hint (and read uncommitted) . Don't get me...
2010-04-23
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Looking forward to Optimize for Ad hoc Workloads in Sql Server 2008
Looking forward to Optimize for Ad hoc Workloads in Sql Server 2008
One of the features of SQL Server 2008 that...
2010-04-23
3,242 reads
Presenting at 2010 European PASS – Sort Of
I was so looking forward to the trip to Germany to speak at the European PASS Summit
on April 22nd. Two...
2010-04-23
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Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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...
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
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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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