You thought SQL Server ate up memory…
Often I tell clients better to much memory than too little. This can be applied to any database engine essentially....
2009-04-11
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Blog Posts
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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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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Blogs
Future-Proofing: How to Stay Ahead in FinOps
By HeyMo0sh
Cloud environments don’t sit still. Pricing models change, services evolve, workloads grow, and suddenly...
Introducing the SQL Server on Kubernetes Operator
Are you considering replatforming your SQL Server workload due to recent vendor changes, but...
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
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Removing TDE
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