News
If you follow me on Twitter or are my friend on Facebook, you might already know the news. I am joining...
2010-04-29
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Blog Posts
PASS Update #29
By the time you read this we’ll have completed the transfer of the SQLSaturday web sites and data to PASS...
2010-04-29
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SQLSaturday #41 - Atlanta Session Recap
Last Saturday, April 24, I presented my session, Why I Use Stored Procedures and You Should Too, at SQLSaturday #41-Atlanta, see...
2010-04-29
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When was SQL Server last restarted?
How do you tell when your SQL instance was lasted restarted?
I was reading a post by Joe Webb (Blog|Twitter) about...
2010-04-29
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A DMV a Day – Day 28
The DMV for Day 28 is sys.dm_io_pending_io_requests, which is described by BOL as:
Returns a row for each pending I/O request...
2010-04-28
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Backup Compression in SQL Server 2008 – The Complete Presentation
From the PASS 2010 Summit Survey: 29% of people want a presentation on backup compression. OK, here it is.
Turn it...
2010-04-28
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How to Tell When SQL Server Started?
As a consultant, I’m regularly asked to diagnose and solve problems when I have incomplete or conflicting information given to...
2010-04-28
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Social Networking and SQLSaturday
I think we do a pretty good job of delivering technical content, but not such a great job at getting...
2010-04-28
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SQL Server Connection Strings
The purpose of this short post is to demonstrate a simple method of generating an accurate SQL Server connection string...
2010-04-28
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SQL University Post Coming Tomorrow
This is a short note to say that the SQL University post will arrive tomorrow. Today we're dealing with the...
2010-04-28
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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