The Launch
The launch event is tomorrow in LA and I'm not going, and find myself a little disappointed. There will be...
2008-02-26
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Blog Posts
Using TripIt for Travel Plans
Not a SQL related topic today.
I first noticed Tripit on Joels Blog and so far it solves a problem I've...
2008-02-26
1,288 reads
Perks at Work - A Good Thing?
Free oil changes, extra week of vacation when you get married, etc, etc, all things mentioned in this article someone...
2008-02-25
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Lessons Learned from SQLSaturday #2 - Tampa 2008
I posted earlier about the event being a great success with more than 200 attendees, in this post I want...
2008-02-24
1,477 reads
The Advantages of Telecommutting
It isn't often that I see what the real advantages are, and I've been doing it so long that I...
2008-02-22
1,346 reads
Call for Speakers for PASS Summit is Open Through March 28, 2008
The Summit is being held in Seattle, WA, Nov 18-21, 2008. Call for speakers is open through March 28. It's...
2008-02-21
1,427 reads
LINQ Again!
I recently attended SQLSaturday#2 in Tampa and had the brief chance to chat with David Hayden about LINQ (I suspect I...
2008-02-21
1,811 reads
Changing the Command Prompt
I spend a lot of time at the command prompt and to be perfectly honest, I'm tired of looking at:
...
2008-02-20
1,751 reads
New Book from Celko - Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in SQL
I've been meaning to post this, Joe's latest book Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in...
2008-02-20
1,529 reads
A Welcome Delay
I get a bit of a delay in working on the set down in the basement thanks to the weather....
2008-02-19
1,402 reads
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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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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