My Adventures with the SQL 2005 Security Cache
Introduction
For that past couple of months I have been chasing performance issues with one of the most high profile servers...
2010-03-09
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Blog Posts
Solid State Drive Performance Hands-On: Part 1
(Punch it, Hurb
Yo, I don't think we should talk about this
Come on, why not?
People might misunderstand what...
2010-03-09
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Taking Advantage of SQL Server Tools
Reprinted from my editorial in Database Weekly.
An important question I think you should be asking yourself, when it comes to...
2010-03-09
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T-SQL Tuesday – I/O Fallacies
It’s time for the March T-SQL Tuesday and this month Mike Walsh picked the topic. It’s I/O and you can...
2010-03-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #004: IO -- Where Are My TempDB Objects?
T-SQL Tuesday #004: IO -- Where Are My TempDB Objects?
This blog entry is participating in T-SQL Tuesday #004, hosted this month...
2010-03-09
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TSQL Tuesday #4: IO
“IO IO, It’s off to disk we go!” was in Mike Walsh’s blog post that introduced this TSQL Tuesday and...
2010-03-09
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Using a CTE with a T-SQL Pivot Statement
During a T-SQL class that I was recently teaching I was asked if a PIVOT could be performed using a...
2010-03-09
9,603 reads
A Swing and a Miss by PASS
On Saturday my son had his second baseball game. When it was his turn to hit I reminded him to...
2010-03-08
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It’s Like the MVP Summit
I missed the 2010 MVP Summit, which is disappointing. There were a lot of SQL 11 talks and I was...
2010-03-08
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MacGyver?
Who the heck is MacGyver? Television program you say? Hang on. I need to visit imdb.com…
Oh, the late eighties… Yeah,...
2010-03-08
678 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Creating a Simple and Flexible...
Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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