Free Online SQL Server Training for the Week of November 3, 2013
I'm trying to re-establish this running guide to free online training for the following week. If you're a training provider...
2013-10-31
3,354 reads
Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Is There Interest in SQL Server Security Pre-Cons?
I’m very passionate about security, especially database security. As the numbers with regards to data breaches continue to climb, this...
2013-11-05 (first published: 2013-10-30)
2,726 reads
SQL Injection Webcast on November 5, 2013
On November 5th, in conjunction with MSSQLTips, I'll be giving a webinar on SQL Injection. It will be at 2...
2013-11-06 (first published: 2013-10-29)
3,735 reads
Review: SQL Server Transaction Log Management
Book Details:
SQL Server Transaction Log Management
Davis, Tony and Shaw, Gail
Simple Talk Publishing, October 2012.
Free PDF download
Do I Recommend This Book?
Yes,...
2013-10-28
2,894 reads
Architecture Reasons for Putting BLOBs in the Database
I was participating in a Twitter Chat looking at what suggestions and recommendations for developer on how to make the...
2013-10-24
5,024 reads
Speaking Twice on Oct 1, 2013
Carolina Technology Conference:
To start things off, I'll be speaking in the morning at the Carolina Technology Conference. I have a...
2013-09-30
2,813 reads
PASS BoD: I'm voting for Allen Kinsel
There are some very good names up for this year's PASS Board of Directors. However, I wanted to write a...
2013-09-23
2,382 reads
Installing SQL Server 2008 on a machine with .NET Framework 4.0? Read this.
The SQL Server Premier Field Engineer blog has a post about an issue with installing SQL Server 2008 on a...
2013-09-23
2,064 reads
Don't Rush When It Comes to Privacy Data
The Dataloss list sent the following article through yesterday afternoon:
Obamacare Employee Accidentally Sends Out 2,400 Social Security Numbers
This is concerning,...
2013-09-17
2,217 reads
Why Government Required Backdoors Are a Bad Idea
I've heard the argument, "I've got nothing to hide. If it helps them catch the next guy, I'm all for...
2013-09-17 (first published: 2013-09-11)
3,979 reads
Blogs
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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