Sick? Stay home!
Yesterday I did something I wouldn't have thought of doing a year ago: I stayed home. When I woke up,...
2009-05-19
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Blog Posts
Sometimes, code comments are informative and helpful
... and other times, they are stop-you-in-your-tracks funny. Here's an example of the latter:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/brianmadsen/archive/2009/04/21/funniest-code-comment-ever.aspx
2009-05-19
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SQLSaturday Orlando Planning Meeting on May 23, 2009
We'll be meeting at Chipotle in Altamonte Springs on May 23, 2009 at 11:30 am to discuss plans for the...
2009-05-19
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Transaction isolation level
Transaction isolation level:1. Uncommitted Read (NoLock)2. Committed Read (blocking)3. Repeatable Read (phantom)4. Snapshot (no blocking)5. Serializable (no blocking)Dirty Read:(DR)Non Repeatable Read:(NRR)Phantom:(P)Great...
2009-05-19
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Finding a New Laptop Bag
For the past couple years I've been using a Targus (I think the model 300 right now) and they've been...
2009-05-18
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Larger & Cheap(er?) Monitors
I stopped by Compusa on the way home to pick up a package of blank DVD's and did the 10...
2009-05-18
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Microsoft Offers User Groups Direct Support
If you are a leader of a Microsoft-related user’s group, and you haven’t done so already, you will want to...
2009-05-18
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Sign Up to Be Notified When SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP Release is Available
If you want to be the first on your block to see the CTP (Community Technology Preview) of SQL Server...
2009-05-18
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SQL Server Encryption - Hashing Limitations
As I'm digging more into SQL Server 2008 encryption I'm learning some interesting things about how SQL Server handles encryption....
2009-05-18
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TechEd 2009 Recap
Keynote speaker, Bill Veghte, Senior Vice President of Windows Business at Microsoft.
TechEd 2009 was started with a keynote presentation from...
2009-05-18
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Native Replication Monitoring
By Steve Jones
Redgate Monitor has been able to monitor replication for a long term, but it...
Advice I Like: Art
By Steve Jones
Superheroes and saints never make art. Only imperfect beings can make art because art...
Why Optimize CPU for RDS SQL Server is a game changer
One feature that I have been waiting for years! The new announcement around optimize...
Forums
Think LSNs Are Unique? Think Again - Preventing Data Loss in CDC ETL
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Think LSNs Are Unique? Think...
The AI Bubble and the Weak Foundation Beam
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The AI Bubble and the...
Question of the Day
A Big PK
In SQL Server 2025, how many columns can be included in a Primary Key constraint?
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