Disconnected From Data
I was looking at Twitter the other day and saw a few of the people I follow debating the need...
2009-03-13
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Blog Posts
Dot Net Usergroup in Montreal Presentation notes - Grouping Sets in SQL Server 2008
Yesterday evening I gave a talk about Grouping Sets in SQL 2008 thanks in part to the original front-page blog post...
2009-03-13
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Five Device Sync
Last night I was at the store with Delaney after karate and he mentioned that we needed to go pick...
2009-03-13
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Make the 2009 PASS Summit Better: Offer Your Speaking Tips to Others
This year, I was asked to participate on the PASS Program Committee Management team as the “Speaker Manager.” One of...
2009-03-13
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PASS Update #8
Last week I was in Seattle, so I decided to stay an extra day and drive up to Vancouver to...
2009-03-12
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Removing Indexes
I've always told DBAs and developers working for me that backups don't really matter. After all, 99.99% of the time...
2009-03-12
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SQL Server 2008 SP1 CTP - Released
Hi everyone, just little info that we have available the Service Pack 1 for SQL Server2008!
About overview, instructions, system...
2009-03-12
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Database snapshots can take a long time to create
Database Snapshots Can Take a Long Time to Create
Believe it, it's true!! One of the big selling point for database...
2009-03-11
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Saving an Old Hammer
It's funny how life often gives us the buy or fix decision on some many things, and the hard part...
2009-03-11
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SQLServerCentral on Twitter
We’re on Twitter as @SQLServerCentrl. We couldn’t fit the whole name in there given the limitations of Twitter, but feel...
2009-03-11
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBA is Dead; Long...
Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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