Interviewed by Andy Leonard
As I mentioned earlier in the week I had promised Andy an interview, we finished it up yesterday and the...
2010-02-05
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Blog Posts
Log is Filling Up
Today I ran across Paul Randal’s latest post showing how to find open transactions and such. This is a nice...
2010-02-05
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My Reading List
A couple weeks back I asked for reading suggestions, and I got a bunch! Here’s the list so far:
Wizard’s First...
2010-02-05
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PASS 2009 DVDs
I was really excited when my PASS DVDs arrived last week. I had purchased the DVDs (or maybe CDs) back...
2010-02-05
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Speaking in Portland, OR and Tumwater, WA the Week of February 8th
I’ll be speaking in Portland, OR and Tumwater, WA the week of February 8th, 2010. The details, and the session...
2010-02-05
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit
It is a good news for developers! Microsoft published the Training Kit for SQL Server 2008 R2.
The content of...
2010-02-05
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SSRS Commonly Required Date Expressions
Reporting Services has many expressions that can manipulate date fields. These expressions can be used just about anywhere in SSRS...
2010-02-05
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They Took Our Name!!
I’ve heard imitation is a form of flattery, and I guess that’s true. Today I got an up close and...
2010-02-05
369 reads
Detecting and Troubleshooting Non-Yielding Worker Threads in SQL Server 2005/2008
I had a little bit of excitement with one of my production servers couple of days ago, that I thought...
2010-02-04
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February Question: What is one of your best practices for making full backups and transactions log backups of your production databases?
Post your responses to the above SQL Aloha Question of the Month in the comments section below (at www.bradmcgehee.com if...
2010-02-04
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Blogs
SQL Saturday Boston Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone who attended my sessions today at SQL Saturday Boston 2025. I’ve...
Scaling SQL Server 2025 Vector Search with Load-Balanced Ollama Embeddings
SQL Server 2025 introduces native support for vector data types and external AI models....
Advice I Like: Fear and Imagination
By Steve Jones
Fear is fueled by a lack of imagination. The antidote to fear is not...
Forums
how to use a variable in a CASE statement?
hi everyone I am getting an error when I add a variable to a...
How to Use SQL Server Features to Cut Web App Latency in Half
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Choosing an AI in Sept 2025
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Question of the Day
The New SQL Server 2025 Data type
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new data type designed to support similarity search and machine learning applications for AI applications. What is this new data type?
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