Renaming a Standalone Instance of SQL Server
I needed to upgrade the underlying IO subsystem of one of my IO intensive SQL Servers. After some discussion with...
2010-02-25
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Blog Posts
Speaking in Cambridge, England March 24, 2010
If you are near Cambridge, England, I will be speaking at the Cambridge SQL Server Users Group on Wednesday, March...
2010-02-25
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SQLBits 6 to Be Held in London, April 16, 2010
The upcoming SQLBits 6, to be held Friday, April 16, 2010, will be held at the Church House Conference Centre...
2010-02-25
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The Apples and Oranges of Training
SQL Server Training is out there in all sorts of formats, price points and quality. It's time to look at...
2010-02-25
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The Journey from Smart to Good
“It’s easier to be smart than good.”
I heard that quote in a recent sermon at church and it is one...
2010-02-25
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Why Do My SQL 2008 Compressed Backups Shrink?
Introduction
Recently a coworker was doing some research with SQL 2008 Backup Compression on a very large database. During the testing...
2010-02-25
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Brad McGehee is coming to SQL Lunch
Mr. Exceptional DBA is coming to our SQL Lunch. Patrick and I are excited to welcome Brad MCGehee to SQLLunch.com....
2010-02-24
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Day 3 - Pragmatic Works Webinar Series
Hey Guys and Gals ! If you missed the webinars today, you missed a great show! Brian took us through the...
2010-02-24
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Developing Your DBA Skills Further Thanks to Experience with Multiple RDBMS
Any DBA who really understands databases and SQL standards can make out with other RDBMSs quite well, and if they...
2010-02-24
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Disaster Recovery at SQLServerCentral
We had a spammer post a bunch of random, silly posts last week. I knew it was an issue when...
2010-02-24
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Blogs
AI Model Size, Parameters and Download
By Steve Jones
At SQL Saturday Boston 2025, I gave a presentation on local LLMs and there...
Expanding Your DBA Horizons: Installing PostgreSQL in a Home Lab
By gbargsley
Are you diversifying your DBA skillset? My recent job search made one thing clear:...
Back in the EU
By Steve Jones
I flew to Amsterdam last night and hopefully by the time this publishes I’ll...
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Vector Datatype
The new Vector datatype in SQL Server 2025 is a binary type that has a few parameters. What parameters are required?
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