SQL Rockstar
I was scanning blogs the other day, and noticed Tom LaRock's new image on Twitter. He's SQLRockstar after a little...
2009-05-29
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Blog Posts
The Conference ROI
I saw recently that Brent Ozar wrote a blog about justifying the cost of attending the 2009 PASS Summit. I...
2009-05-29
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Understanding File System IO, Lessons Learned From SQL Server
I do more than just SQL Server. I enjoy programming. In my former life I have worked with C/C++ and...
2009-05-29
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Book Review: Real Leaders Don't Do Powerpoint
I bought Real Leaders Don't Do Powerpoint by Christoper Witt ($15 at Amazon) on a trip, Powerpoint catching my eye...
2009-05-28
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Book Review: Success Is A Choice
I just finished reading Success Is A Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life. Written by Rick Pitino,...
2009-05-28
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Give Us TRIM()!
If you're like me, you've probably typed in LTRIM(RTRIM([value])) hundreds, if not thousands, of times during your travels through SQL...
2009-05-28
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Good Article on Data Warehousing Best Practices in SQL Server 2008
If you are involved data warehousing, or even if you are just a beginner, you may want to check out...
2009-05-28
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I Can Run Hyper-V!
I noted recently that I purchased a new desktop with the intention of moving to Windows 2008 and Hyper-V. That...
2009-05-28
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Why I Say Something about Running as Administrator
On a couple of recent webcasts, I pointed out the folks were running with the local Administrator account. To start...
2009-05-28
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Catalog view: sys.tcp_endpoints
I was playing around with the endpoint catalog views this afternoon just looking at ways to do poor man's configuration...
2009-05-27
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
Anyone knows where to download SQLexpress edition for 2022
Where to download earlier version of SQL server express 2022? Thanks
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Risk Vs Reward, The never...
SSL/TLS Cert Validity Periods Decreasing
Hi, to all of you who are using CA certs on SQL Server boxes...
Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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