SQLSaturday #39 Announced
SQLSaturday #39 will be held April 24, 2010 and is being coordinated by Melissa Demsak and others from the NJ...
2010-01-28
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Blog Posts
SQLSaturday #40 Announced
SQLSaturday #40 will be held July 31st, 2010 in Miramar, FL. This is the second annual SQLSaturday organized by Scott...
2010-01-28
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The Black Art of PowerShell V2 Version Numbers
Last week while helping someone in the SQLPSX forums having an issue importing modules I suspected they had a CTP...
2010-01-28
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The Little Stick
In the end, that was what made the difference. I was typing along one night on my spare Acer and...
2010-01-28
868 reads
The Predictioneer
I’m not sure how this book got on my radar, but it turned out to be fairly interesting. It’s written...
2010-01-28
811 reads
What the Exec?
I’ve been working with SQL Server for 10 years and have worked in production with versions 6.5 – 2005 and used...
2010-01-28
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Cleaning up sys.dm_exec_cached_plans
Following on from my previous post in which I noticed that SQLServer itself was artificially bloating sys.dm_exec_cached_plans, the next obvious...
2010-01-27
1,124 reads
Handling Escape Sequences in SSIS Expression String Literals
The SSIS expression language is a powerful tool for a developer that gives you one method of making a package...
2010-01-27
8,433 reads
Handling Escape Sequences in SSIS Expression String Literals
The SSIS expression language is a powerful tool for a developer that gives you one method of making a package...
2010-01-27
992 reads
Identity Values – Dropouts and Spaces
Identity values are very useful, but there can be misconceptions about the way in which they work. One of the...
2010-01-27
996 reads
Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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