New Benchmarks
There are new TPC-E benchmarks available for SQL Server 2008. And it's not even out!!!!
The 3rd place, the IBM entry,...
2008-02-28
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Blog Posts
Notes From My Visit with the Charlotte SQL Group
I'm headed back to Orlando after a quick trip to Charlotte. Flew in yesterday and spent some time with my...
2008-02-28
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Snapshots Part 1 Published on SSC
Snapshots Part 1 covers the basics of doing a snapshot regardless of what type of replication is being used. In...
2008-02-26
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Blogs
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
Forums
cons for a dev machine in a different version of sql from our prod server
hi, im not a dba. For a couple of years our dev sql server...
Inquiry – Enforcing ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly via GPO
Hello, I would like to ask whether it is technically possible to redirect a...
Calculating Geometric Mean in Power BI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Calculating Geometric Mean in Power...
Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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