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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Blog Posts
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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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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Blogs
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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