Vacations
If all has gone well I've been on vacation this week, enjoying the world class quartz sand at Siesta Key...
2008-09-04
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Blog Posts
Kindle - Value on the Road
I still need to jot some thoughts about using the Kindle, but a quick note from traveling.
I downloaded 3 or...
2008-09-03
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Performance Tuning Tips From the Consultant Perspective
I do very little consulting these days, perhaps 4-5 weeks per year, and that only to make sure I maintain...
2008-09-03
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Creating Databases Posted on SQLServerCentral.com
Creating Databases was actually posted last week, but got distracted with some other stuff. A basis walk through of creating...
2008-09-02
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Speakers/Presenters, Can You Answer ALL The Questions?
When I teach my introductory (and free) Successful Technical Speaking class to try to help beginners enter the world of speaking,...
2008-09-01
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Labor Day
It's Labor Day here in the US today, a holiday that is tribute to those of us that work, the journey to...
2008-08-31
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Kindle - First Thoughts
I got my Kindle yesterday and I'll write some more notes as I go along, but I have to say...
2008-08-30
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Defining Value
I've been thinking a lot lately about the concept of value. Earlier this week a colleague of mine tendered his...
2008-08-29
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Insufficient Space for a Side by Side Restore - What Do You Do?
I was recently working with a student in a one on one format and one the scenarios he wanted to...
2008-08-28
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Kindle - About Face
OK, I reversed myself and bought a Kindle today. Or I guess I ordered one and it should be here...
2008-08-28
1,765 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
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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