SSIS Checkpoints with Tasks Running in Parallel
Several months ago I blogged about why Checkpoints are a great feature in SSIS to use. It seems with every...
2010-01-22
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Blog Posts
Andy on Twitter
Just prior to the 2009 PASS Summit I posted about giving Twitter a try, and thought I’d report back on...
2010-01-21
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Azure platform CTP accounts are about to expire?
I recieved the notification from Azure Platform Team that the CTP accouct will be closed at the end of the...
2010-01-21
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Creating the SSC Maintenance Plan: Part 3
Note: This is an in-depth article that exceeds 5,000 words, and provides a case-study of how a maintenance plan could...
2010-01-21
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Getting here from there
Another month, another blog chain, this time started by Paul Randal. I got tagged by both Grant and Steve, on...
2010-01-21
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How Do You Handle the Stress of Being a DBA?
This is a reprint of my editorial at SQLServerCentral.com. There is a lively discussion at the SSC forum on this...
2010-01-21
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Instant File Initialisation
I have been reading up on instant file initialization and I have read a couple of good blog posts by...
2010-01-21
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Part 3: Creating the SSC Maintenance Plan
Note: This is an in-depth article that exceeds 5,000 words, and provides a case-study of how a maintenance plan could...
2010-01-21
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PASS Virtual Meeting - Zero to Cube in 60 Minutes
PASS Virtual Meeting
Speaker: Adam Jorgensen
Topic: Zero to cube in 60 Minutes
Date and Time: 1/22/2010 12:00 PM EST
Meeting URL: Join Meeting
Description:...
2010-01-21
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PayPeriod Matching
Recently I was asked to alter a report to pull different more meaningful data. The particular report was pulling data...
2010-01-21
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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Question of the Day
PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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