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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Blog Posts
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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Tweet, Tweet, Tweetilly Deet
In a day and age when information abounds and social networking is the only way to communicate (a bit of...
2010-01-19
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Use Your Tech Skills To Help Haiti
By now you've heard about last week's earthquake in Haiti and have seen the devastating impact that it had on...
2010-01-19
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What three events brought you here?
I'm not sure if I have been tagged by anyone, but this is such an interesting topic I thought I...
2010-01-19
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
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...
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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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