The Little Things
This year I've been lucky enough to have been offered some prizes or promotions from a few different companies for...
2008-05-15
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Blog Posts
A Display Challenge
I've grown to like the presenter view in Powerpoint 2007; let's me navigate easily, and more important, lets me easily...
2008-05-13
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The CLR
Some very interesting responses to my CLR editorial today including some good details that I haven't seen elsewhere. I'm still...
2008-05-13
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Visiting Boston This Week
I get busy and usually forget to post when I'm out and about, but for once I've remembered. I'll be...
2008-05-11
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Possible interview questions for Intern/Junior DBA or Developer
I wrote these questions thinking about what some basic t-sql statements that I would want to see if I were...
2008-05-10
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A View Variable
I saw that Erland Sommerskag posted a Connect item that asked for a "View Variable" to be added to the...
2008-05-09
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A little fun with SSIS Expression Language
The SSIS expression language is a powerful yet enigmatic entity. Once you get used to its syntax - which is part...
2008-05-08
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Follow Up Notes on SQLSaturday #3
Our most recent SQLSaturday went well, but there is always room for improvement. Here are my notes from this event:
The...
2008-05-08
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Kindle Research - Procs and Cons with the Sony Reader
After the editorial on the Kindle, which got quite a few responses, I've continued to look around and research things....
2008-05-08
960 reads
ACM, 5 Year Anniversary, and Customer Service
Time moves by and I was surprised to get a coffee mug in the mail from ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)...
2008-05-07
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Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
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SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...
How Long is a Long I/O?
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T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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