Free SQL Server Health & History (SQLH2) Tool Updated for SQL Server 2008
Microsoft's free SQL Server Health & History tool (SQLH2) has had a minor update and can now be used with SQL...
2008-10-21
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Blog Posts
Water & Cell Phones Don't Mix
Obviously, right?
I managed to knock my Blackberry Curve off the bar and into a bowl of water in the sink....
2008-10-21
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"The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with."
I know, another non-technical blog post. But this one is career-related as well.
In high school I was introduced to...
2008-10-20
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SQL Server Messages: fairies rearranging furniture.
SQL Server and Sybase are geared up
to send information to applications over two distinct channels, the results in
one channel that...
2008-10-20
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Todo List Follow Up - The Notepad
Recently I posted about Managing My Todo List and I had a question via email about what notepad I was...
2008-10-20
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Understanding Microsoft Licenses - A Short Follow Up
I posted Do You Understand Microsoft Licenses about a week ago, and today happened to run across a note about...
2008-10-20
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Who Wants to Be Rich
Late in getting this one out there, but it's interesting to see people's responses. Especially to my story.
As a kid...
2008-10-20
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"To Lead Is To Follow"
I first ran across these words as a Citadel cadet. Now those who know of my days at El Cid...
2008-10-19
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Final Preparations for SQLSaturday #8 on October 25th, 2008
I suspect final preparations will stretch all the way through next Saturday morning, but at this point we've done most...
2008-10-19
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Run Your Business as a Business
I’ve thought this for a long time: you need to run your business as a business, not an investment. Too...
2008-10-19
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Blogs
In Memory of Andrew Clarke, AKA Phil Factor
By Steve Jones
One of the parts of getting older that really sucks is I seem to...
Leading Through the Noise: Harnessing Data in the Age of Digital Overload
By Chris Yates
The New Leadership Frontier In today’s digital landscape, leaders are no longer just visionaries....
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
Forums
taking the rcsi dive
Hi, we put together an extract that runs every 15 minutes against what i...
Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2022
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Minimum Change Tracking Retention
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Question of the Day
Minimum Change Tracking Retention
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=xxx);What is the minimum amount of time I can set? See possible answers