PASS Update #8
Last week I was in Seattle, so I decided to stay an extra day and drive up to Vancouver to...
2009-03-12
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Blog Posts
Removing Indexes
I've always told DBAs and developers working for me that backups don't really matter. After all, 99.99% of the time...
2009-03-12
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SQL Server 2008 SP1 CTP - Released
Hi everyone, just little info that we have available the Service Pack 1 for SQL Server2008!
About overview, instructions, system...
2009-03-12
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Database snapshots can take a long time to create
Database Snapshots Can Take a Long Time to Create
Believe it, it's true!! One of the big selling point for database...
2009-03-11
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Saving an Old Hammer
It's funny how life often gives us the buy or fix decision on some many things, and the hard part...
2009-03-11
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SQLServerCentral on Twitter
We’re on Twitter as @SQLServerCentrl. We couldn’t fit the whole name in there given the limitations of Twitter, but feel...
2009-03-11
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The 2009 MVP Party
What do MVPs get to do and see at the MVP Summit? Well most of it is under NDA, so...
2009-03-11
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You Aren't That Interesting
Fundamentally as I get older, I think more and more men are pigs. There is definitely something wrong with them,...
2009-03-11
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Adding Value
I went to get new business cards from VistaPrint recently. There are lots of choices and it took longer than...
2009-03-10
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Is it time for SQL Server to have Isolated Transactions?
SQL Server allows nesting of Transactions –in a sense. In truth, there is only one Transaction, with each ‘nested transaction’...
2009-03-10
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Blogs
Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments–Day of Data Boston
By Steve Jones
Here are the resources for my talk at Day of Data Boston. Slides –...
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....
Forums
Azure SQL Database Event Log Limitations
Hi, Do you know if there is a way to get more detailed logging...
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?
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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