PASS Summit 2009 - Media
There were tons of people taking pictures and video during the PASS Summit. I found a number of pictures on...
2009-11-13
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Blog Posts
PASS’s SQL Server Standard Latest Edition Available
Although it’s buried on the SQLPASS website, the newest edition of the SQL Server Standard is now available here in...
2009-11-13
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Speaking at Ft. Worth SQL Server UG on Wednesday
If you’re in the Ft. Worth area next Wednesday, November 18, please join me at the Ft. Worth SQL Server...
2009-11-13
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SQL PASS Summit 2009 – Parting Thoughts
So now that we’re 7 days removed from the end of the SQL PASS summit, I’ve finally managed to arrange...
2009-11-13
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SQL Server 2008 Database Mirroring in Action
I have been pretty busy with a server consolidation and move project at work. We had four Dell PowerEdge 6800...
2009-11-13
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Super Seven Cleanup Steps Before Deploying Your Cube
Everyone likes to get a project done, but many times in our rush to deploy we bypass some of the...
2009-11-13
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Why We Recommend Against xp_cmdshell
Every so often I see a post in a forum or on Twitter about the use of xp_cmdshell. Usually it is someone looking for...
2009-11-13
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Book Review: The Machine, The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds
I grew up watching baseball on TV and playing it too, and for reasons I don’t recall my Dad’s favorite...
2009-11-12
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Flight or Invisibility: Which do you Choose?
A colleague of mine pointed out a great podcast called This American Life - specifically an episode with John Hodgman (the...
2009-11-12
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How did I become a DBA
This past Tuesday night I had the honor of speaking to a small group of college students who are all...
2009-11-12
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Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
Forums
The New Wave of Security Threats
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How to Calculate Distance Between Coordinates in SQL Server
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SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
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