Building a Chair – Part 2
Last week I posted Part 1 and Steve Jones gave some grief about not posting some pictures (rightfully so) of...
2009-09-17
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Blog Posts
Cleaning the Keyboard
I noticed that the keys on my laptop were pretty dirty the other day. The heavily used ones have a...
2009-09-17
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Fundamentals of Storage Systems - The Basics of Spinning Disks
Your servers are only as fast as the slowest part, hard drives.To feed other parts of the system we have...
2009-09-17
3,332 reads
Interacticely sorting columns in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
Business Intelligence Developers Studio (aka BIDS) for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services makes creating engaging and dynamic reports nearly...
2009-09-17
1,224 reads
SQL Server Job Trends on Graphs
A colleague pointed out a site that collects a lot of job posting data and exposes graphs - so I've taken...
2009-09-17
4,229 reads
SSMS "Connect to Database Engine" Prompt Behavior When Dragging And Dropping Files
A minor annoyance of mine for a long time has been how SSMS will sometimes prompt you to connect to...
2009-09-17
380 reads
The Boss Is Always Right
Bet you’re ready to disagree, right? I’ve had this on my list to write about for a while. One trend...
2009-09-17
1,355 reads
Article of the Week – Kevin Kline “Social Media Scene”
This weeks article is written by Kevin Kline, which is titled “Getting Up-to-Speed on the SQL Server Social Medial Scene”. ...
2009-09-16
934 reads
Browse and Script
One of the cool features of the SQL Server PowerShell snapins is the the ability to browse SQL Server as...
2009-09-16
430 reads
DRP for SQL Server translation into French - traduction en français du plan de relève (à l'aide - help please)
There are about 45 paragraphs that I hope to progressively and quickly translate for the French version of the Disaster...
2009-09-16
1,223 reads
Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
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,...
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SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
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How Long is a Long I/O?
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T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
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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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