Two Book Recommendations
I have two new books that I can heartily recommend. This isn’t a review of either book since I’ve only...
2009-08-20
569 reads
Blog Posts
August SQL Server User Group – Near Real-time Data Warehouse
Well we had a really good meeting this week at our User Group. There were about 17 physical attendees and...
2009-08-19
861 reads
Buck Woody Joins SQLSaturday Advisory Council
Just announced at http://blog.sqlsaturday.com/2009/08/sqlsaturday-advisory-council-newest.html, Buck makes three – one more to go coming up soon!
2009-08-19
547 reads
Don’t Use USE (in SSIS, at least)
I ran into a situation this week that brought to light a subtle syntactical error I’d made in creating an...
2009-08-19
763 reads
I/O You a followup - More about I/O, Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting....
Yesterday, I blogged about basic I/O usage with some useful scripts, DMVs, and links to more in-depth details on examining...
2009-08-19
1,640 reads
Looking for SQL Speakers Near Wheeling, WV
I had a great call with John Sterrett last week about the possibility of having a SQLSaturday in Wheeling and...
2009-08-19
920 reads
Partitioning Strangeness
Ran across this in a recent class while covering partitioning. Start by creating a standard partitioning function and the scheme,...
2009-08-19
2,495 reads
Tampabay SQL Server User Group Presentation
I presented a one-hour session for Tampabay SQL Server User Group on Powershell and SQL Server. I've previously delivered this session for the...
2009-08-19
829 reads
Updated Blog List
I added a new blogger to my list. I was surfing around for a few good examples to use in...
2009-08-19
731 reads
I/O I/O - It's why my server's slow.....Examing I\O Statistics
I/O I/O - It's why my server's slow.....
Often I've been curious about ways to measure the performance of SQL Server, and...
2009-08-18
4,630 reads
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Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead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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