Why I Have Had a Hard Time Adopting PowerShell
PowerShell has been out for a while. When it first came out, I went and grabbed a copy and tinkered...
2010-04-14
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Blog Posts
A DMV a Day – Day 13
The DMV for Day 13 is sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats, which is described by BOL as:
Returns I/O statistics for data and log files....
2010-04-13
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Announcing SQLSaturday #46 in Raleigh
SQLSaturday #46 will be held in Raleigh, NC on September 18, 2010, under the direction of Brett Tomson and team...
2010-04-13
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BLOB Report T-SQL Tuesday #005- Reporting
This month for my second submission into T-SQL Tuesday, I decided to go with something that provides some insight into...
2010-04-13
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Hosting a User Group Meeting - Day of "Bare Bones" Checklist
This actually came as a response to a tweet from Mike Walsh (Twitter | Blog). But here is the barebones checklist I...
2010-04-13
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oPASS April 2010 Meeting is Tonight
Our next meeting is today, April 9, 2010, from 6-8 pm. Our featured speaker is Joe Webb and he’ll be...
2010-04-13
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PASS Update #29 (March 2010 Meeting Minutes)
The minutes from the March 2010 Board meeting were released last week and I hope you’ll review them carefully. Viewing...
2010-04-13
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Reporting Services and Windows 7 Home Premium
Ok, continuing from my post last night about the ‘Run as Administrator’ bug in SSMS, here’s the other half of...
2010-04-13
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Southern New England SQL Server Users Group
Tomorrow, Wednesday April 14th, is the next SNESSUG meeting. We’re going to get a great presentation from Scott Abrants on...
2010-04-13
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SQLSaturday #47 Coming to Phoenix!
Just set up SQLSaturday #47 in Phoenix for July 17, 2010 at Devry. Call for speakers is open, good to...
2010-04-13
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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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