No Opening Day
For the second year in a row I didn’t purchase opening day Rockies tickets. I had a nice streak of...
2009-04-10
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Blog Posts
Activity Monitor in SQL Server 2008: an Embedded Optimisation Gizmo for the Thrifty DBA
As promised back in December ‘08, after having spoken briefly at SQL teach here in Montreal thanks to MVP Paul...
2009-04-09
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Book Review: Red Lightning
Back in December 2008 I wrote up a quick review of Red Thunder, and then received Red Lightning as a...
2009-04-09
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My Kingdom for a Port
A Port, a Port! My Kingdom for a Port!!
One of the steps in setting up database mirroring is to assign...
2009-04-09
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My Mini Identity Protection
Last week, on April Fool’s Day, I woke up to find quite a few birthday congratulations in my email. I...
2009-04-09
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NULL is not = to anything
One of the fun facts about SQL Server and the relation model is the
whole concept of three valued logic. Now...
2009-04-09
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PASS Summit 2009 Call For Speakers Extended - And Why
Please consider this a not quite official announcement, look for that on the sqlpass.org site today or tomorrow.
You may have...
2009-04-09
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Prius Repair Update
We decided to let the pros replace the seat belts and do the other repairs and file a claim on...
2009-04-09
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Animation in Presentations
I've never been a fan of animation in Powerpoint presentations, and as a result almost never use them in my...
2009-04-08
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Annoying Your Best Customers
Why haven't I updated the build list for SQL Server 2008 with SP1? Read on...
Today I got a press release...
2009-04-08
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Blogs
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 ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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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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