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
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Blog Posts
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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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
3,259 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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Results of Microsoft Certification Poll
In a recent poll at www.bradmcgehee.com, I asked website visitors if they had any Microsoft SQL Server certifications, and if...
2010-04-23
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Rules to Live By: Do the Hard Things First
I can’t say I stick to this one 100 percent of the time, but it’s definitely a deeply held belief....
2010-04-23
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Script of the week
Every week I will scour the internet for useful SQL scripts and post my favorite on here.
This weeks comes from...
2010-04-23
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Road Show Recap
This past week I had the opportunity to speak at three SQL Server R2 Launch events.I spoke in three cities...
2010-04-23
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A DMV a Day – Day 22
The DMV for Day 22 is sys.dm_exec_query_memory_grants, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about the queries that have acquired...
2010-04-22
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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