Spring 2010 Hardware Recommendations
Since I am very interested in various PC-based hardware, and I make an effort to stay current on new developments,...
2010-05-04
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Glenn Berry
Register For 24 Hours of PASS Event
The free 24 Hours of PASS event will be held on May 19-20, and includes 24 different one hour presentations...
2010-05-03
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Recap of April 2010 DMV a Day Series
Well, I managed to finish up my series that featured a DMV query every day during the month of April....
2010-05-03
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A DMV A Day – Day 30
The DMV for Day 30 is sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about all the data pages that...
2010-04-30
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A DMV a Day – Day 29
The DMV for Day 29 is sys.dm_exec_connections, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about the connections established to this...
2010-04-29
2,906 reads
A DMV a Day – Day 28
The DMV for Day 28 is sys.dm_io_pending_io_requests, which is described by BOL as:
Returns a row for each pending I/O request...
2010-04-28
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SQL Server 2008 and 2008R2 Diagnostic Information Queries
Since SQL Server 2008 R2 has gone RTM, and will be available on MSDN Subscribers on May 3, I thought...
2010-04-27
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A DMV a Day – Day 27
The DMV for Day 27 is sys.dm_tran_locks, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about currently active lock manager resources....
2010-04-27
7,541 reads
SQL Server 2005 Diagnostic Information Queries (April 2010)
Since SQL Server 2008 R2 has gone RTM, and will soon be available for purchase, I am going to be...
2010-04-26
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A DMV a Day – Day 26
Well, we are on the final week of the DMV a Day series for the month of April. I will...
2010-04-26
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Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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