Breaking Down TempDB Contention
Breaking Down TempDB Contention
What is tempDB contention? From the outside looking in, tempDB contention may look like any other blocking. There...
2010-03-05
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Blog Posts
Going to Charlotte for SQLSaturday #33
I’m flying up Friday afternoon for SQLSaturday #33. Looking forward to the trip, Charlotte is a great area and I...
2010-03-05
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Index your FK
A few months ago I read an article from SQLServerCentral.com about some Foreign Key gotchas. Since that article, I have seen...
2010-03-05
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Keep Your Data Clean
In working with client data you start to notice trends that raise flags in your mind. In my case I'm...
2010-03-05
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More SQL Azure Samples
I have been playing around some more with SQL Azure in order to get ready for an upcoming presentation, so...
2010-03-05
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PASS Update #24
Time to update you again on all things PASS. First, I haven’t made a lot of progress on the speaker...
2010-03-05
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SQL Saturday Schedule Update
In January, I blogged about the upcoming SQL Saturdays for 2010, and since then, many more events have been scheduled,...
2010-03-05
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Worst Thing to Do to your DBA
Recently Andy Warren Blogged about things that could drive your DBA mad. There was a lot of feedback on SQLServerCentral...
2010-03-05
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Focus on Your Passion
Tuesday night I was having a conversation with my younger son, whom we call Turtle. It's a nickname that came...
2010-03-04
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Heading to Charlotte
I think I’ll forever associate Charlotte, NC with my middle son. We were heading back to Denver from Virginia Beach...
2010-03-04
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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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