Starting a Technical Blog (Link)
Brent Ozar had a nice post recently on starting a technical blog, well worth reading and a good addition to...
2008-12-07
274 reads
Blog Posts
Database Administrtion Skillset Investment Rules
With each new release of SQL Server version, there is something new to learn. In SQL Server 6.5 days, it...
2008-12-05
785 reads
Inbox Zero
An interesting idea in this video. I’d recommend you watch this if you have too much email. It's from the...
2008-12-05
430 reads
Keeping Shorn
One interesting thing about doing the podcasts and working from home is that I tend to shave a bit more...
2008-12-05
391 reads
Being a Professional
There's a lot to it, but I see Tim Ford has a nice blog post on what it means to...
2008-12-04
489 reads
Code Name "Kilimanjaro" - A couple of new features
I attended this years PASS Summit in Seattle and it turned out to be a great event. Many of the...
2008-12-04
475 reads
Immune Systems, User Groups, Changing Jobs
I've been off-line except for hints here and there for the last couple of weeks due to fighting off an...
2008-12-04
1,074 reads
Learning SQL Server
I had an interesting question from someone that I respect and I’ve seen answering questions and writing a few articles...
2008-12-04
324 reads
Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting Tonight - Virtualization Everything
Speaker: Paul Shearer
Midlands PASS Chapter - December 4, 2008 Meeting
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally scheduled meeting on Thursday,...
2008-12-04
858 reads
Tampa Code Camp is Dec 6, 2008
Last event of the year here in Florida. I'll be heading to the Tampa Code Camp to do a presentation...
2008-12-04
224 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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A Full Shutdown
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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