Need Data from a Mac: TransMac for Reading HFS Volumes a Lifesaver
Recently I was handed over a HFS volume to read from my colleague who uses his Macbook exclusively. We had...
2010-04-25
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Blog Posts
Speaking at Auckland, New Zealand SQL Users Group
On Tuesday Morning at 2:00 am EST time I will be speaking at the Auckland SQLUsers Group. This will be...
2010-04-25
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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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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
2,400 reads
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
550 reads
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
789 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
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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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Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
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Real-time On-prem SQL Server Data in Excel – Over the Internet
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Can You Let Go of Determinism
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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