Microsoft’s First iPhone Application
Can you believe it? Microsoft has just released an iPhone application for the first time and I doubt it will...
2008-12-17
2,051 reads
Devin Knight
SQL Quiz Part 2
I was recently tagged by Tim Mitchell to give a response to Chris Shaw’s SQL Quiz Part 2 so here...
2008-12-15
817 reads
SSIS - Fast Parse
I had another chance last week to answer an email follow up question from the session Brian and I gave...
2008-12-15
8,509 reads
Using Result Set as Variable in Stored Procedure
I’ve been asked several times lately from non-SQL developers that are sometimes required to do some quick SQL work how...
2008-12-08
3,407 reads
My Thoughts: Report Builder 2.0
General Thoughts
One of my brother’s favorite lines to use in presentations says it best, “If Microsoft had 10 dollars to...
2008-12-02
959 reads
Post PASS Summit 2008
So now that PASS is over and life is getting back to normal I thought it would share my final...
2008-11-24
1,591 reads
PASS Summit 2008
It’s been a great week at PASS thus far and many others have written on their experiences so I’ll do...
2008-11-20
577 reads
What’s So Great About User Groups
User groups provide so many benefits for those looking to get ahead in their career. User Groups share a common...
2008-11-10
505 reads
The Wise Old Man Part 4
In my previous posts The Wise Old Man Part 1, The Wise Old Man Part 2 and The Wise Old...
2008-11-05
820 reads
The Wise Old Man Part 3
In my previous posts The Wise Old Man Part 1 and The Wise Old Man Part 2 I wrote about...
2008-11-03
712 reads
Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
Forums
Having Issue deploying a report to an on prem server from PowerBI desktop
Using PowerBI Version1.25.9508.3237(January 2026). Installed Microsoft Power BI Desktop (Optimized for Power BI Report...
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...
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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