Endorsing Andy Warren
OK, I'm biased. I'll admit it and you have every right to discount my endorsement, but I'll make the case...
2008-11-17
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Blog Posts
PASS 2008 - Day 1 (Mon)
Fairly easy day, up at 5 am for an 8:15 am flight to Seattle via Detroit, arrived about 2:30 pm...
2008-11-17
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Pass Board of Directors Part 6
More updates from the nominating committee:
"As a PASS-slated candidate, we would like to promote you and your vision and experience...
2008-11-16
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Why I Want To Be On The PASS Board
This is what I provided to the nominating committee today. I think I could have worked on this for weeks...
2008-11-16
1,419 reads
Without SQL Server
I've been in Seattle since Friday afternoon and I've pretty much ignored SQL Server. And it's been nice!
I came up...
2008-11-16
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In remembrance of veterans and their families
Illiad has been running a series on his UserFriendly comic strip about veterans. It started on Monday and has continued...
2008-11-14
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MSSQLTips.com: How to Audit SysAdmin Logins
One of the first things I tried to do when logon triggers came out with Service Pack 2 of SQL...
2008-11-14
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PASS Board of Directors Part 5
Looks like I'm still in the game! Just received word from Kevin Kline (Past PASS President). Here are the candidates:
Andy...
2008-11-14
1,312 reads
PASS, anyone?
In less than two days I'll be in Seattle for my 6th PASS Summit. I am trying to put all the...
2008-11-14
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Find the TCP port used by a named instance
We know for SQL Server default instance, if TCP/IP protocol is used, the default TCP port number is always 1433....
2008-11-13
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Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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