SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 9
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 9 for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM, which is Build 10.50.1804.0. I count 26 fixes...
2011-08-19
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Glenn Berry
SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 2
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 2, which is Build 10.50.2772.0. I count 14 fixes in...
2011-08-16
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Gradually Deleting Data in SQL Server
If you have a situation where you have a very large table in SQL Server, where you need to periodically...
2011-08-13
1,614 reads
Configuring, Benchmarking and Validating an I/O Subsystem for SQL Server, Part 1
One of the main projects I have been working on lately is designing and implementing a completely new data and...
2011-08-12
1,848 reads
Microsoft SQL Server Denali CTP 3 Product Guide
Microsoft has released a Product Guide for SQL Server Denali CTP3, which has datasheets, white papers, technical presentations, demonstrations, and...
2011-08-12
1,258 reads
Corsair 16GB Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 Review
I bought a little Corsair Flash Voyager USB 3.0 16GB USB Flash Drive at Micro Center yesterday, since most of...
2011-08-11
2,205 reads
Two New TPC-E Submissions
Two new TPC-E OLTP Benchmark Submissions have shown up in the last month or so since I last recapped three...
2011-08-05
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Presenting Hardware 301 at 24 Hours of PASS on September 7
PASS just announced today the next occurrence of 24 Hours of PASS (24HOP), which is called the Summit Preview version....
2011-08-03
769 reads
August 2011 SQL Server 2008 Instance Level Diagnostic Queries
Since it is August 1, 2011 (which is also my birthday), I thought it would be a good time to...
2011-08-01
1,026 reads
SQL Server Hardware Book News and Reviews
Today was an exciting day, since I discovered that fellow SQL Server MVP Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter) had posted a very...
2011-07-29
1,483 reads
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Why the following cmds in sequence do not work
I need to delete rows from both the temporal main and history tables. The...
When SQL Server Central Went Down
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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