What Three Things Brought Me Here
I was tagged
by SQL Rockstar, aka Tom LaRock, after this
thread was started by Paul Randal-not-Paul-Tripp (I wonder if...
2010-01-18
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Blog Posts
Book #10 – The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
I read this book as a kid, or at least I thought I did. After grabbing this from Amazon (free...
2010-01-17
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Inconvenient – Reading on Paper
I woke up this morning to find Tia reading an actual paper books. That’s become a rarity for both of...
2010-01-17
695 reads
Inconvenient – Reading on Paper
I woke up this morning to find Tia reading an actual paper books. That’s become a rarity for both of...
2010-01-17
717 reads
January Roundup
I have just put together the January newsletter for www.gre-sqlserver-solutions.com and scheduled it to run Sunday night/Monday morning. It is...
2010-01-16
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Second Shot Promotion For Microsoft Certification Exams
Microsoft and Prometric have renewed their Second Shot promotion for certification exams. This allows you to retake a failed exam...
2010-01-16
913 reads
The Energy Detective TED 5000 Installed And Working
Back in October, I ordered one of the new TED 5000 energy monitors directly from Energy, Inc. in Charleston, SC....
2010-01-16
823 reads
Admitting When You're Wrong
As a father of two head-strong boys (inherited trait), I struggle with getting them to admit they are wrong when they...
2010-01-15
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PASS 2009 Speaker Evaluation Scores
Since quite a few PASS 2009 speakers have gone public with their speaker evaluation scores, I might as well do...
2010-01-15
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Presentations – Lessons Learned
This will be a very short entry. I just wanted to share a few things I learned very quickly while...
2010-01-15
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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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