SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries (December 2011)
Here is a fresh set of diagnostic information queries for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 for December 2011. Some...
2011-12-29
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Glenn Berry
SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 11
On December 19, 2011, Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 11 (CU11), which is Build 10.50.1807.0. I...
2011-12-26
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SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 4
On December 19, 2011, Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 4 (CU4), which is Build 10.50.2796. I...
2011-12-26
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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (December 2011)
Since the final RTM release of SQL Server is getting ever closer, I thought it was a good time to...
2019-04-02 (first published: 2011-12-19)
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CPU-Z 1.59 Released
One of my favorite free tools for getting some processor and memory specific information from a Windows computer (whether is...
2011-12-12
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Scaling SQL Server – SQL Saturday #104 Precon
I will be presenting a day long preconference session on Scaling SQL Server for SQLSaturday #104 on Friday, January 6,...
2011-12-04
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Tuesday Hardware Tidbits, Nov 29, 2011
Since Microsoft is moving to core-based licensing for SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition, with a minimum of four physical core...
2011-11-30
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Promoted to Master Group By Thomas LaRock
SQLRockstar Thomas LaRock has updated his blogger rankings this month, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that he had...
2011-11-29
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Hotfix for SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 Periodically Does Not Accept Connections Bug
Microsoft has released a hotfix for a very frustrating issue that plagued me for a couple of years at NewsGator. ...
2011-11-26
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Speaking at Spring 2012 SQL Server Connections in Las Vegas
I am going to be one of the speakers at the Spring 2012 SQL Server Connections Conference in Las Vegas,...
2011-11-23
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Blogs
Getting SQL Server 2025 RTM Running in Containers on macOS
SQL Server 2025 RTM is here, and if you’re running Docker on macOS, you...
The PASS Data Community Summit 2025 Recap
By Steve Jones
It’s Monday. I’ve been home since Fri night, but with a busy weekend, I’m...
Microsoft Post-Quantum Crypto APIs Are Now Generally Available
By Brian Kelley
I mentioned this in my talk on Quantum Computing at the PASS Data Community...
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The Ending Substring
In Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2025, if I run this, what is returned?
SELECT '[' + SUBSTRING('Steve Jones', 7) + ']' See possible answers