Why can’t I remove this extra transaction log file?
Before this post gets started, let’s get past the title. I know what many of you are thinking: what in the name of Paul Randal would make someone have...
2020-02-29
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Blog Posts
ASF 029: Tomaz Kastrun interview
Introduction Tomaž Kastrun is BI & DEV developer, data analyst & data science. With more than 15 years of experiences in the field of databases, business warehouses and development,...
2020-02-28
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Being a Woman in the SQL Community
In celebration of Women’s History Month starting next week, I was asked to write this blog about my experiences as a woman in the SQL Community, and it really...
2020-02-28 (first published: 2020-02-26)
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Reviewing 2019 Career Goals
According to this post, I rate 2019 as a Failure. Of the books I planned to read, I read 2. I started 2 others, but they’re in progress, even...
2020-02-28
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Using Google Chrome with SSRS
In this post, you will learn how to resolve the Kerberos Double-Hop issue and SSRS browser login when using Google Chrome to run SSRS reports.
The post Using Google Chrome...
2020-02-28 (first published: 2020-02-18)
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ACM Lecture at SELU
Had the pleasure of presenting to Dr. Ghassan Alkadi and a full house at the Southeastern La. University ACM group. Big thanks to the bright student organizers for inviting...
2020-02-27 (first published: 2020-02-21)
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Midlands PASS: SQL Server Security Basics
Midlands PASS (Columbia, SC) will be meeting on March 3, 2020, for our monthly user meeting. We’ve been on hiatus since the holidays but we should be meeting regularly...
2020-02-27
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Removing ad hoc plans from Query Store
This is not a post about the “optimize for ad hoc workloads” setting on your favorite SQL Server instance, but that is a good place to start. Lots of...
2020-02-27 (first published: 2020-02-20)
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DBA, a job, a vital job
DBA, a job, a vital job. T-SQL a language that is fun. Select, a query to get some data. From, ... Continue reading
2020-02-26
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Join me at SQLBits 2020
The SQLBits conference is taking place in London again this year, between March 31st and April 4th, and I’ll be there. I will not be presenting this year, but...
2020-02-26
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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