Sick? Stay home!
Yesterday I did something I wouldn't have thought of doing a year ago: I stayed home. When I woke up,...
2009-05-19
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Blog Posts
Sometimes, code comments are informative and helpful
... and other times, they are stop-you-in-your-tracks funny. Here's an example of the latter:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/brianmadsen/archive/2009/04/21/funniest-code-comment-ever.aspx
2009-05-19
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SQLSaturday Orlando Planning Meeting on May 23, 2009
We'll be meeting at Chipotle in Altamonte Springs on May 23, 2009 at 11:30 am to discuss plans for the...
2009-05-19
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Transaction isolation level
Transaction isolation level:1. Uncommitted Read (NoLock)2. Committed Read (blocking)3. Repeatable Read (phantom)4. Snapshot (no blocking)5. Serializable (no blocking)Dirty Read:(DR)Non Repeatable Read:(NRR)Phantom:(P)Great...
2009-05-19
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Finding a New Laptop Bag
For the past couple years I've been using a Targus (I think the model 300 right now) and they've been...
2009-05-18
900 reads
Larger & Cheap(er?) Monitors
I stopped by Compusa on the way home to pick up a package of blank DVD's and did the 10...
2009-05-18
788 reads
Microsoft Offers User Groups Direct Support
If you are a leader of a Microsoft-related user’s group, and you haven’t done so already, you will want to...
2009-05-18
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Sign Up to Be Notified When SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP Release is Available
If you want to be the first on your block to see the CTP (Community Technology Preview) of SQL Server...
2009-05-18
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SQL Server Encryption - Hashing Limitations
As I'm digging more into SQL Server 2008 encryption I'm learning some interesting things about how SQL Server handles encryption....
2009-05-18
2,707 reads
TechEd 2009 Recap
Keynote speaker, Bill Veghte, Senior Vice President of Windows Business at Microsoft.
TechEd 2009 was started with a keynote presentation from...
2009-05-18
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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