Heroes Happen Here Charlotte, NC Launch Tomorrow (April 8, 2008)
The Heroes Happen Here launch event for Charlotte, NC is tomorrow. It looks like there are still registration slots open:
Heroes...
2008-04-07
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
SQL Compare 7 Beta
Red Gate's schema comparison tool, SQL Compare, is in beta for the newest version, SQL Compare 7. You can find...
2008-04-07
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SQL Server Forensics Book
I logged into Safari today to download some chapters I want to be able to review when I'm offline. I...
2008-04-05
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Jacksonville SQLSaturday less than a month away!
The SQLSaturday in Jacksonville, Florida, will be held May 3, 2008. I'm on track now to give two security based...
2008-04-05
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Installing 5.0.51a MySQL Community Edition on Windows Vista
I'm still working on getting all of my tools and apps onto my new laptop, which is running Vista Ultimate....
2008-04-04
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Configuring SPN for SQL Server Browser service
Going through the Microsoft KnowledgeBase updates, I saw this one:
An SPN for the SQL Server Browser service is required when...
2008-04-04
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Changing Dynamics on a Project Team
MVP Andy Leonard has written a nice post about how the dynamics changed on a project team. Most of it...
2008-04-04
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Presenting at Jacksonville SQLSaturday in May
Looks like my family and I will make the trek down to Jacksonville in May for SQLSaturday. One of my...
2008-04-01
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Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting - April 3, 2008
This is a meeting reminder about our next PASS meeting scheduled for April 3, 2008. It will once again be...
2008-04-01
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Vulnerability announcements coming for Windows products
I'm a little late on this one, but Cesar Cerrudo has announced he's going to demonstrate exploits to Windows Server...
2008-04-01
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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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