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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Blog Posts
PASS Call for Speakers Deadline Extended
If you have been procrastinating about submitting a speaking abstract for the 2009 PASS Community Summit, you have been given...
2009-04-08
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SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 Released
Hi everyone!
Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008 has been released and now is available for download here
Some details:
- Slipstream...
2009-04-08
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It's a .NET World!
Next week I'll be giving presentations in Charleston and in Florence here in South Carolina.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - Pee Dee...
2009-04-07
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Minimalist Design - Part 2
Minimalist design can easily be confused with laziness, and also sometimes hard to tell the difference between minimalist and downright...
2009-04-07
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Never Delete Data
Should you ever delete data? In a production environment, do the benefits of deleting old data outweigh the possible risks?
Data...
2009-04-07
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The Data Janitor
I was joking with Buck Woody on Facebook the other day and he mentioned he’d been a data janitor at...
2009-04-07
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Data Type Conversions
Lately I’ve gotten a lot of questions submitted to SQLServerCentral that have dealt with weird data type issues. We had...
2009-04-06
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LinkedIn - Part 3
As I've covered in my two earlier posts I've been investing a little time to figure out how to make...
2009-04-06
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New SSIS Book to be Released
If you've noticed a significant drop in my blogging I apoligize but I've been working on an exciting project with...
2009-04-06
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Blogs
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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