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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Blog Posts
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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Output = MAXDOP 1
It is widely know that data modifications on table variables do not support parallelism, Peter Larsson has a good example...
2010-03-04
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Please Provide PASS with Feedback on its Speaker’s Resource Pages
The PASS Program Committee is gearing up for the 2010 PASS Community Summit “Call for Speakers”, and it would like...
2010-03-04
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Schedule for SQLSaturday #33
Final schedule for the Charlotte event and it is impressive – 9 tracks, 54 sessions!
2010-03-04
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Self Promotion & Self Marketing
The title of this post illustrates my own ambiguity on the topic. It’s fair and necessary to let others know...
2010-03-04
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Speaking at SQLSaturday #33 in Charlotte
I'll be presenting two sessions this Saturday (March 6, 2010) in Charlotte - Automate SQL Server Administration with PowerShell and Gather...
2010-03-04
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Time Off, Down Time, Round Up
I have taken some time off this week, I have been to the beach with my two golden retriever puppies....
2010-03-04
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Timing Matters
A few weeks ago I got an email from my backup administrator with a message like this:
Set type : Backup
Set...
2010-03-04
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Baby Steps to Learning Something New
I had a really bad habit of trying to jump into the middle of something I didn't know very well,...
2010-03-03
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Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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