"The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with."
I know, another non-technical blog post. But this one is career-related as well.
In high school I was introduced to...
2008-10-20
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
"To Lead Is To Follow"
I first ran across these words as a Citadel cadet. Now those who know of my days at El Cid...
2008-10-19
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Speaking in West Palm Beach and Orlando
I have two speaking engagements for the week of October 19:
South Florida SQL Server User Group - West Palm Beach - October...
2008-10-18
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Red Gate SQL Response Review is up
Full Disclosure: I did receive a trial version of the software and payment for the review. I am also a...
2008-10-08
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What I'm Reading (5 Oct 2008)
Technical:Counter Hack Reloadedby Ed Skoudis with Tom Liston
It's a security book and I'm rather late getting a review of it...
2008-10-05
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Thanks to Andy Leonard
Midlands PASS was privileged to host SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard (Blog #1, Blog #2, his VSTS site, Twitter) tonight...
2008-10-03
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Reminder - MVP Andy Leonard Midlands PASS!
Speaker: SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard
Midlands PASS Chapter - October 2, 2008 Meeting
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally scheduled...
2008-10-01
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Midlands PASS October Meeting - SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard
Speaker: SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard
Midlands PASS Chapter - October 2, 2008 Meeting
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally scheduled...
2008-09-26
1,795 reads
WSUS 3.0 - Query to Return Systems That Haven't Checked in Within the Week
I've been playing with WSUS lately and I've been less than satisfied with the reporting. Since the information I need...
2008-09-23
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The quiet is deafening...
It's been a while since I've written a blog post that wasn't a user group announcement. Here's what I've been...
2008-09-22
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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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