Database Books
Well my theory on posting every week has been tested to the limit somewhat and I didn’t get anything written...
2009-12-08
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Blog Posts
December Patches
I note these for Database Weekly, but I haven’t blogged about them. A mistake on my part.
The December patches from...
2009-12-08
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Fundamentals of Storage Systems – RAID and Hard Disk Reliability, Under the Covers
In the last RAID article we covered the basics. This is a little deeper dive into the underlying mechanics of...
2009-12-08
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Handling Inconvenient Requests
"You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they...
2009-12-08
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Locking & Blocking
On the gridiron, two opposing teams are contending for one very limited resource, the football. One team has it; the...
2009-12-08
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Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008 Pre-reading List
Via Twitter, I stumbled upon a link to this newly updated pdf from Joseph Sack and David Ikeda who are...
2009-12-08
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PASS Editorial for December 9, 2009
I currently write the editorial for the PASS Connector which is published every two weeks as part of my role...
2009-12-08
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The Numbers Don’t Lie… Except When They Do
There are few things more reassuring for a data professional than having clean, consistent data to back up critical business...
2009-12-08
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Travel Recap for 2009
Starting Wednesday, December 9, 2009, I am on vacation until Monday, January 4th, 2010. Instead of traveling somewhere else for...
2009-12-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #001 – Dates and Times
T-SQL Tuesday was started by Adam Machanic (@AdamMachanic) on his blog to encourage SQL Bloggers to share their tips and...
2009-12-08
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Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Forums
SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...
Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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