PASS Election Review Committee: NomCom Process
Over on the ERC forums, Bill Graziano (blog | twitter) has posted the proposed NomCom selection process. We would really like...
2011-02-23
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Shameless Self-Promotion - Introduction to SQL Server [Book]
My introductory text to SQL Server, appropriately titled Introduction to SQL Server, is now in print and available for sale. The...
2011-02-22
953 reads
Use Patterns and Prior Code and Don't Reinvent the Wheel
In recent days I've seen folks try to recreate functionality when they had access to code that already did effectively the...
2011-02-21
1,975 reads
SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC 2011 Session Schedule Is Up!
As announced, we have posted our session schedule for SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC. The event will be March 19, 2011...
2011-02-19
1,272 reads
I'm in at SQL Connections!
At the end of March I'll be journeying down with the family to Orlando, Florida. We plan on stopping in...
2011-02-18
947 reads
SQL University: Home-Grown, with Real Options!
There's the light, as this is the last class for Security week at SQL University. From the scenarios we specified...
2011-02-11
1,612 reads
SQL University: SQL Server Security Architecture - Home-grown, No Options!?!
Thanks for hanging in there for Day 4 of Security Week here at SQL University. Today we're going to look at the...
2011-02-10
2,165 reads
Why You Should Attend SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC
Free training. Excellent speakers. Outstanding location. Great networking opportunities. Experienced and efficient event staff. These are the primary things you...
2011-02-10
2,148 reads
SQL University: SQL Server Security Architecture - 3rd Party, Some Options
Day 3 of Security Week at SQL University is now in session. You're implementing a third party solution and you...
2011-02-09
4,156 reads
SQL University: SQL Server Security Architecture - 3rd Party, No Options
Welcome back to day 2 of Security Week for this semester of SQL University. If you missed yesterday's introduction, you'll...
2011-02-08
2,473 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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SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...
How Long is a Long I/O?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Long is a Long...
T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
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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