Orlando Code Camp Reminder & A Special Raffle - One Laptop Per Child
Reminder that if you're registered the Orlando Code Camp is tomorrow. If you're registered and plans have changed, please cancel...
2008-03-21
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Blog Posts
Writing a course
Over the last three years, since that first article I submitted to SQLServerCentral, I find myself getting involved in more...
2008-03-21
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Denver Heros Happen {Here} Launch
I went down to the Denver stop on the Heros Happen Here launch events and as you can tell by...
2008-03-20
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A Minor Rant About Statistics
If you've ever taken a look at the auto generated statistics that SQL builds (typically on non indexed columns when...
2008-03-19
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Another Take on SP3 & Service Packs In General
Had lunch with a friend in the business yesterday that is involved with vulnerability scans for a large company and...
2008-03-18
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Utah Code Camp is April 26, 2008
Tjay Belt forwarded me the information about the Utah Code Camp this year. Still early in the process, no schedule...
2008-03-18
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Documentation Value Formula (Part II)
In my last post, I talked about what prompted me to give a deep thought to documentation work. Documentation, to me,...
2008-03-17
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Reminder - Orlando Code Camp is Mar 22, 2008
Just a reminder that the event is this Saturday. The tentative schedule has been posted and it looks like I'll...
2008-03-17
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IndyTechFest 2008 Set for Oct 4, 2008
I've been emailing back and forth with IndyTechfest organizer John Magnabosco over the past year as we've traded notes about...
2008-03-16
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Browse Source Code for .Net Objects in SQL (Reflector.SQL2005Browser)
Saw a mention of this in the latest MSDN Magazine, you can download Reflector.SQL2005Browser and install it as an add-in for...
2008-03-13
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Blogs
Project Management – Part 1
By Vinay Thakur
The soul of project management is Process Group(PG) and Knowledge Area(KA). they are related...
Install SQL Server 2025 Container on macOS Using OrbStack
My old Dell XPS that I used for personal stuff started to degrade; well,...
Flyway Tips: Immediate Code Review for Developers
By Steve Jones
At the Redgate Summits this year, we’ve highlighted a few things in the Flyway...
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Impact of Single-Threaded PVS Cleanup on ADR in SQL Server 2019
We want to enable ADR on our SQL Server 2019 instances. I’ve heard that...
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TRY_PARSE vs TRY_CONVERT in SQL Server: From Basics to Practical Usage
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Question of the Day
DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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