SQL Server Legend – Data Files and Threads
Someone was asking about using multiple data files recently to try and increase performance. I had answered that unless you...
2009-10-13
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Blog Posts
SQLServerCentral Article on Database Space Capacity Planning
I wrote an article for SQLServerCentral entitled "Database Space Capacity Planning" that demonstrates a database and volume (disk) capacity planning solution...
2009-10-13
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Table Variables Are Only in Memory: Fact or Myth
I keep seeing these concepts that have long been disproven, posted again and again on newsgroups as if they were valid information. The...
2009-10-13
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A Not Quite Average Sunday
Ever had a day when a bunch of small things run together to create a day you wish you had...
2009-10-12
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Afraid of Presenting? Try Toastmasters
I should be writing a technical post in the next day or so. I've been focusing more on the community...
2009-10-12
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Carolina Code Camp - The Good and the Bad
This past Saturday I was able to participate in the Carolina Code Camp, help just outside Charlotte, NC. I was...
2009-10-12
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Congratulations to John Magnabosco
Congratulations to John Magnabosco for being awarded as a Microsoft MVP. I met John last year at the Indy Tech...
2009-10-12
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Congratulations to John Magnabosco on SQL MVP Status
See his quiet post about it here. This comes right after finishing up his first book titled Protecting SQL Server...
2009-10-12
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Generate Lots of Test Data with CROSS JOIN
“Joe Test”
“Joe Test2?
“Joe Test3?
“Arrgh! There has got to be a better way to create some test data!”
Ever had that conversation...
2009-10-12
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PASS Update #15
We just had our October board meeting, this one ran the full hour and was a good discussion, catching up...
2009-10-12
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server
By SQLPals
How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server ...
PostgreSQL Support in the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
Next week I’m at VS Live in San Diego (register and join me) and...
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Squared Values
What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
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