Lock configuration setting and preventing locking contention
The locks configuration option for SQL Server controls the number of locks available in SQL Server. You can view this...
2010-01-11
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Blog Posts
More Laptop Issues
My laptop died on Dec 1, 2009. I was on vacation, but on Dec 2 I called Toshiba (I have...
2010-01-11
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New England Data Camp v2/SQL Saturdy #34 Update
The second annual New England Data Camp is shaping up to one excellent event. We’ve put together a great set...
2010-01-11
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PASS Update #22 (Speaker Bureau – Call for Comments)
One of my big projects this year is to build a speaker bureau, so in this post I’m going to...
2010-01-11
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Permon Counters Missing Windows 64 Bit SQL Server 32 Bit
For reasons beyond the scope of this post I have an environment where I have Windows 2003 R2 64 bit...
2010-01-11
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That DARN TOMCAT
Here is a challenge that had me stumped for several days. Besides for working with Reporting Services on a day...
2010-01-11
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GodMode - in Windows 7
It's very interesting if you create new folder with name:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Try it and you will find a lot of stuff there...
2010-01-10
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House of Commons Justice Committee Related to The European Union's Data Protection-Retention Directives
Just this past week on Tuesday afternoon (a link to video of Parliament online, please forward to about half way through),...
2010-01-10
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Implement a stack in SQL Server using stored procedures
In this article I will show you how to implement a stack. In programming, stacks are a great way to...
2010-01-10
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Professional Communications
This past week I had the opportunity to have lunch with a vendor at his clients’ site. As a part...
2010-01-10
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Blogs
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 ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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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