Debuting: Beginning SQL Server 2008 Administration
The new book is up on Amazon. I only worked on three chapters of Rob Walter’s new book and that...
2009-09-04
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Blog Posts
Job Market Update and some Job Search Advice…..
Job Market Update and some Job Search Advice…..
Not too long ago, I posted a blog on the possible thawing of...
2009-09-04
1,406 reads
Proper T-SQL Stored Procedure Formatting
Here is a very good blog post from Aaron Bertrand (another SQL MVP) on how to write and format stored...
2009-09-04
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Speaking At SQL Saturday #21
Well looks like I will be packing my bags for Sunny Orlando. I Just found out that my abstract was...
2009-09-04
410 reads
Speaking to Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
On Monday August 1st I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of college students that all belong to...
2009-09-04
388 reads
24 Hours of PASS
From 7:45 pm (Eastern DST) on Tuesday, September 1st until 8:00 pm on Wednesday, September 2 PASS provided free online...
2009-09-03
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24 Hours of PASS - Recap
At times it felt like a party, it had enough content to be a mini-conference, and we learned that some...
2009-09-03
867 reads
Disaster Recovery for SQL Server Databases
Well, it finally happened, the complete disaster recovery article was reviewed, reviewed again, rewritten, revisited…you get the picture…and published. As described...
2009-09-03
2,175 reads
Help Design a New SQL Server Monitoring Tool
In an experiment in SQL Server community involvement, the members of Red Gate Software’s software development usability team have created...
2009-09-03
402 reads
How Log reader works- replication
Just saw the the answer by michael Hotek for how log reader works on replication: looks very great:http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlreplication/thread/d2d2e1c6-01ee-439b-93e8-e31c77c0cd28/Thanks Michael Hotek...
2009-09-03
818 reads
Blogs
SQL Server is Slow, part 3 of 4
By Kevin3NF
In parts 1 and 2 of this series, we’ve gathered info and done the...
AI Model Size, Parameters and Download
By Steve Jones
At SQL Saturday Boston 2025, I gave a presentation on local LLMs and there...
SplashFlag - Building an IoT Swimming Notification Device from Scratch
By Bert Wagner
After setting up dozens of Internet of Things (IoT) smart home devices, I started...
Forums
caught off guard by some greek lettering in a warehouse feed
Hi we run 2019 standard. Our warehouse's ssis based etl is klunky but so...
Unlocking High-Concurrency Inserts in SQL Server with OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Unlocking High-Concurrency Inserts in SQL...
Vector Datatype
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Question of the Day
Vector Datatype
The new Vector datatype in SQL Server 2025 is a binary type that has a few parameters. What parameters are required?
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