Don’t Make Dumb Mistakes by Duplicating Indexes
Just today, I was reviewing the indexing of a database used by a third-party application. As part of my review,...
2009-04-15
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Blog Posts
Full Text Catalog Scripting "Gotcha" in SSMS 2008
With every new version of SQL Server comes a set of deprecated features. Usually Microsoft gives fair warning that these...
2009-04-15
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Last Call for Speakers for SQLSaturday #7 in Birmingham on May 30
I just had a call with John Baldwin who is leading the effort in Birmingham and there plenty of action...
2009-04-15
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Learn How to Use the SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL Debugger
Bill Ramos, a SQL Server Product Manager, has written a three part series on how to use the SQL Server...
2009-04-15
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Microsoft Releases Updated White Paper on Troubleshooting SQL Server 2008 Performance
Microsoft has finally updated their classis Troubleshooting SQL Server Performance white paper for SQL Server 2008, which is available at:
Troubleshooting...
2009-04-15
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Portland, OR Code Camp Set for May 30, 2009
The Portland Code Camp will be held at Reed College on Saturday, May 30, 2009. This free event will include...
2009-04-15
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Pragmatic Works Foundation Class
This week I've been extremely busy working on the new Pragmatic Works Foundation class, which is the brainchild of Brian...
2009-04-15
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Richmond, VA Code Camp to be Held April 25
The Richmond Code Camp 2009.1, will be held on Saturday 25, 2009 at the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College in...
2009-04-15
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Starting Conversations - Part 2
A week or so ago I posted a note about reading How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends (worth...
2009-04-15
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Tax Day
A reminder of one of the downsides of working is today: Tax Day. In the US, income tax filing is...
2009-04-15
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Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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