Windows 7 Presentation Mode
Recently I was just killing a few minutes and was looking for some tips for Windows 7. I get along...
2010-02-15
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Blog Posts
PayPeriod II
I recently blogged about a solution I had decided to use in order to solve a problem related to PayPeriod...
2010-02-14
807 reads
Saving Space – Vertical Partitioning
I wrote about data types recently, referencing Michelle Ufford’s presentation at the PASS 2009 Summit. In that post I talked...
2010-02-14
1,553 reads
SQL Server 2005 SP4!
Microsoft has recently announced the planned release dates for the next round of SQL Server service packs. SQL Server 2008...
2010-02-14
697 reads
Useful reading this week
This is a short post for a Sunday afternoon, I thought I’d share some useful reading from the week gone...
2010-02-14
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SQL Server 2005 & 2008 SP Release Dates
Microsoft has announced that Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008 will be released in the third quarter of 2010,...
2010-02-13
807 reads
SQL Server 2005/2008 Servicing Plans
Microsoft Group Program Manager Matthias Berndt has a post up on the Microsoft SQL Server Release Services blog (which is...
2010-02-13
596 reads
A Tale Of Two Execution Plans – Solved!
Earlier this week I wrote about a perplexing problem I was having where identical servers were producing different execution plans...
2010-02-12
1,312 reads
eReading – Lending Books
I sent this to Barnes and Noble, as well as Random House recently after the much vaunted “lending” technology in...
2010-02-12
723 reads
Farewell, Robert B. Parker
I heard the news via a blog post by Ward Pond that one of my favorite authors had died at...
2010-02-12
1,733 reads
Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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