Promised Links from SQL Saturday 119 Presentations
If you attended one of the sessions I promised to post the links we discussed here. I have done my...
2012-05-19
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Adventures in SQL
SQL University Troubleshooting Week: Having a Plan for Every Situation
Today’s SQL University post will highlight the need to have a methodology to address issues that we as IT professionals...
2011-05-27
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SQL University Troubleshooting Week: Keeping an Open Mind
Office politics during a major event can be dangerous. It pays to be seen as contributing to solving the problem...
2011-05-26
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SQL University Troubleshooting Week: Communication
It should come as no surprise that the first topic I am covering this week is communication because the first...
2011-05-24
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SQL University Troubleshooting Week Syllabus
Welcome to SQL University Troubleshooting Week. For anyone unfamiliar with SQL University, it is a project created by Jorge Segarra...
2011-05-23
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SQL University Troubleshooting Week: Syllabus
Welcome to SQL University Troubleshooting Week. For anyone unfamiliar with SQL University, it is a project created by Jorge Segarra...
2011-05-23
867 reads
SQL Saturday 67 Slides Are Now Available
I recently debuted a new presentation, “What To Do When It All Goes So Wrong”. The presentation is designed to...
2011-04-20
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Looking Up Email Addresses with PowerShell
A week or so ago Aaron Nelson (Blog|Twitter) put out a call for help on Twitter looking for anyone that...
2011-01-20
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Making It Right
Last week Jonathan Kehayias (Blog|Twitter) used his blog to publicly call out Thomas LaRock (Blog|Twitter). I am not going to...
2011-01-11
655 reads
Would You Like To Play A Game?
Do you have a favorite line from a holiday movie? Can you change it around slightly to make it SQL...
2010-12-20
765 reads
Blogs
SQL Saturday Baton Rouge 2025
By DataOnWheels
SQL Saturday Baton Rouge is a great event hosted on LSU’s campus that has...
Responsible AI: Why Leaders Need More Than Just Guardrails
By Chris Yates
In the rush to adopt artificial intelligence, many organizations have quickly built ethical frameworks,...
TempDB Performance Tuning in SQL Server 2022 vs 2016 vs 2019
By Rohit Garg
What Is TempDB and Why It Matters TempDB is a shared system database in SQL...
Forums
How a Legacy Logic Choked SQL Server in a 30-Year-Old Factory
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When DBAs Should Consider Using SQL Server to Store Vector Data and If It Makes Sense
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Row Count task in data flow fails with "unspecified error"
Hi all, I have a data flow task with: Flat File Source (csv) ->...
Question of the Day
Capacity Planning for an Existing SQL Server Workload?
You're tasked with planning capacity for a new SQL Server database workload. Which of the following is the most accurate way to determine how much CPU, memory, and I/O throughput your workload requires? What single or multiple tools would you use to answer the questions around resource needs?
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