What Would You Like to See in a New Book on Indexing?
I am currently in the early stages of writing an outline for a new book on indexing, targeted towards novice...
2010-01-20
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Blog Posts
Windows Azure Platform Training Kit
Everyone interesting for Windows Azure Platform Training Kit - December Update, can find it from Microsoft location here.
There are lot of...
2010-01-20
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Windows LiveSynch
After a while, most people who work with SQL have accumulated quite a few scripts that they use for investigation,...
2010-01-20
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Collaboration Patterns – Part 1
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to be more effective at collaborating, usually in the context of a...
2010-01-19
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Goals and Theme Word for 2010
I was warned by my father when I turned 21 that, although it seemed like it took a long to...
2010-01-19
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Out Of My Comfort Zone: Building a Web App
If you read Fundamentals of Storage Systems – Stripe Size, Block Size, and IO Patterns you know I built a little...
2010-01-19
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SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 6 Released
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 6 (CU6) for SQL Server 2008 SP1, which you can request here. This is Build...
2010-01-19
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Three Big Things That Got Me Here
I was tagged by Steve Jones in the meme that Paul Randal started a few days ago, so I need...
2010-01-19
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Three Events that Brought Me Here
Paul Randal started the latest community chain blog, What three events brought you here?, and I was tagged by Steve...
2010-01-19
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Three Things
So for the latest database geek meme, Paul Randal started this thing off and tagged Tom LaRock, who enlisted Grant...
2010-01-19
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Blogs
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
The Goldilocks problem – Materialized Views
I’m sure you’ve all heard the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but...
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...
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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SQL Server Still Wins
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When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I specify only the Resource Database?
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