A Joint Effort
Oneof my tasks for our mini-Summit for Red Gate was to show the crew how I do the podcasts. There...
2008-03-08
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Blog Posts
Are All Meetings Bad?
I was mildly amused by my friend Steve Jones blog post Finding a Direction about not really wanting to spend...
2008-03-06
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SQL Server Data Services Announcement (Competitor to Amazon SimpleDB)
Mary Jo Foley reports that MS is signing up testers for a hosted SQL Server solution called SQL Server Data...
2008-03-06
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Finding a Direction
I'm not a bg fan of long meetings. I used to try and plan an hour a week staff meeting...
2008-03-04
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Orlando Code Camp 2008 - Registration & Call for Speakers is Open
My friend Shawn Weisfeld is expecting more than 400 attendees at Orlando Code Camp this year. There will be at...
2008-03-04
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Compression
SQL Server 2008 brings with is a new set of features involving compression. At first I was assuming this was...
2008-03-03
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The Fun of Blogs
If you look at my blog roll Jeff Dunntemann is one of the ones recommend. Nothing about SQL Server there, but he...
2008-03-03
365 reads
SQL 2008 Schedule Slippage and SQL 2005 SP3
I've read with interest some of Steve's editorials about SQL 2005 SP3 and in large part agree with him that...
2008-03-02
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Documentation Value Formula (Part I)
As a DBA, documentation work is unavoidable, we need to do documentation about things we have done, for example, what...
2008-03-01
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New DBA type: Test DBA
In DBA world, usually two types of DBA are defined depending on what a DBA is focusing on, i.e. development DBA...
2008-02-29
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Blogs
ISACA AI Material/Exam Prep Discount (May 18 – June 30, 2026)
By Brian Kelley
If you are considering any of the ISACA AI certs like the Advanced Artificial...
A Fabric solution can be very cost effective
By ChrisJenkins
Are you currently using Microsoft Fabric or considering migrating to it? If so, there...
Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log
By SQLPals
Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log If you...
Forums
Before Using AI with Business Data, Read This
Artificial intelligence tools are quickly becoming part of daily business operations, from document analysis...
Designing SQL Server ETL Pipelines That Don't Break at Scale
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
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Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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