Will the New PASS Summit Attendees be Back?
Despite the down economy, the 2009 PASS Summit attendance was down only 8% compared to the 15% of other conferences...
2009-11-12
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Blog Posts
Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode on Windows 7
One feature of Windows 7 that you may not have heard of is Windows XP Mode on Windows Virtual PC....
2009-11-12
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Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group
If you are in the Baton Rouge Area stop by and join our user group meeting this evening. The details...
2009-11-11
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Better Than a Business Card?
A few weeks ago I was looking for a few branded items, happened to run across drink coasters at 4imprint....
2009-11-11
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IDENTITY Property in SQL Server
IDENTITY PropertySometimes we need a column whose values can uniquely identifying the rows in the table. To achieve this purpose,...
2009-11-11
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Looking Back – PASS Summit 2009 Day 3
I started Wednesday planning on going to the Quest sponsored breakfast (plus presentation about DMVs) but when I bailed when...
2009-11-11
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PASS Summit 2009 – Fun
I’m not a big party guy, and in fact, more than a few people can attest to the fact that...
2009-11-11
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Planning a Longer Break Soon
I’m sure you know what I mean when I say that I feel like my ability to task switch and...
2009-11-11
480 reads
Speaking at the .NET User Group meeting
When a SQL Server application is under performing, how can you isolate where the actual problem is? Would more memory...
2009-11-11
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Troubleshooting SQL Server Database Mirroring Problems with Best Practices: Requirements, and the 64-bit Benefit
As mentioned in previous disaster recovery posts and article, during my current mandate I have been tasked with what will...
2009-11-11
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Blogs
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
Forums
SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...
How Long is a Long I/O?
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T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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