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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Blog Posts
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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Looking Back – PASS Summit 2009 Day 4
Thursday started off with a meeting of the SQL Saturday minds over breakfast at Top Pot Donuts a few blocks...
2009-11-12
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New HP Envy 15 Laptop
After quite a bit of research, I pulled the trigger on a new HP Envy 15 system last Saturday. This...
2009-11-12
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PASS Summit 2009 – Keynotes
I’m not going to look back at the keynotes since I blogged about them. If you are interested, you can...
2009-11-12
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Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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