Presenting Two Sessions at PASS Summit 2011
I found out earlier this week that I was fortunate enough to have my half day session on “Scaling SQL...
2011-06-19
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Glenn Berry
Three New TPC-E Submissions
I just noticed three very recent new TPC-E Benchmark Submissions that I thought were quite interesting. As I have written...
2011-06-15
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Moving On To New Challenges
After nearly five and half years, I left NewsGator Technologies for a new position as a Database Architect at Avalara,...
2011-06-13
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June 2011 Version of SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Queries
Since it is June, I thought it was time to update my SQL Server 2008 (and 2008 R2) Diagnostic Information...
2011-06-02
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PASS Announces Pre-conference and Spotlight Sessions for PASS 2011 Summit
Today, PASS announced the Pre-conference and Spotlight Sessions for the PASS Summit 2011 in Seattle, which will run from October...
2011-06-01
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Presentation Deck For Hardware 201 at Denver SQL Server User’s Group on May 19, 2011
I got the chance to give an updated version of Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Database Hardware for OLTP Performance...
2011-05-20
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SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU14 and SQL Server 2008 SP2 CU4 Released
Microsoft has released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 SP1 and SQL Server 2008 SP2. The first one...
2011-05-17
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Presenting at Denver SQL Server User’s Group on May 19
I will be giving the main presentation at this month’s meeting of the Denver SQL Server User’s Group on May...
2011-05-17
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May 2011 SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries
Since we are in the middle of May 2011, I thought was was time to update my SQL Server 2008...
2011-05-16
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PASS Summit 2011 Session Preference Survey
PASS has added a new feature to the session selection process for the PASS Summit 2011, which they are calling...
2011-05-11
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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