SQL University: Architecting SQL Server Security, the Big Picture
Welcome to this semester's security week at SQL University. In previous semesters we've covered the technical aspects of SQL Server...
2011-02-07
3,321 reads
Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Setting the Standard with Personal Appearance
Cross-posted from the Goal Keeping DBA blog:
Personal appearance matters. We all know this. Yet a lot of times we don’t...
2011-02-04
1,142 reads
User Group Giveaway: My Latest Book
As I annouced earlier, Oracle and database expert, Bert Scalzo and I collaborated on an introductory text appropriately titled Introduction to SQL...
2011-01-26
704 reads
MSSQLTips Kindle Giveaway
Want a legitimate chance to win an eBook reader like a Kindle? Would having it loaded down with eBooks on...
2011-01-25
825 reads
The Danger of Agreements
I'm speaking in context of Getting Things Done, not a legal or contractual agreement. What brought this up is me...
2011-01-24
794 reads
SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC - Call for Speakers
We're gearing up the advertising for SQL Saturday #70 since we're about 8 weeks out. In keeping with that, our...
2011-01-24
2,014 reads
Free SQL Server Training for the week of January 24, 2011
We're finally getting a handle on things with the new baby. 🙂 As a result, I've started this weekly accumulation of...
2011-01-21
832 reads
New Book: Introduction to SQL Server
Last year, Kevin Kline (blog | twitter) introduced me to Oracle and database expert, Bert Scalzo. Bert was looking to take...
2011-01-19
597 reads
SQL People Events - TED for SQL Server
When I first saw Andy Leonard's post about a new SQL People event, I was intrigued. It's not a training...
2011-01-13
2,503 reads
Technical Goals for 2011
I know I missed out on the massive meme yesterday (T-SQL Tuesday #14), but I blame dealing with the weather...
2011-01-12
797 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...
Forums
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?
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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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