SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries for January 2014
I spent some time this month to true up the SQL Server 2005 version, with the other versions for the...
2014-01-14
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SQL in Albuquerque
It’s a little less than two weeks until SQL Saturday #271 – Albuquerque. The second event in that great city, and...
2014-01-14
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TSQL Tuesday #50 – Automation – Verifying the Backup Chain
I was recently just letting my mind wander. As it’s prone to do, all sorts of things just entered into...
2014-01-14
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Independent consultant: How to find work
When I talk to people about switching from being a salaried employee to an independent consultant (see my presentation How to...
2014-01-14
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2014 Polar Plunge #SQLPlunge
In just a couple months… on March 1… I’m going to jump into a lake in Minnesota. Now it’s cold...
2014-01-14
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T-SQL Tuesday #50–Automation
I missed last month and I was a bit sad, but I was traveling the week before and speaking, and...
2014-01-14
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T-SQL Tuesday #050 – Automation
In my developer life, my motto was ‘Automate all the things’ and since transitioning to a DBA role, my motto...
2014-01-14
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Time to Plan For Running For The PASS Board
I know it’s only January, but if you’re at all considering being a candidate you need to get going now....
2014-01-14
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Sometimes It’s A Dirty Job – #TSQL2sDAY #50
Sometimes being a DBA really stinks. You try to follow best practices in everything you do. You’re not shrinking databases...
2014-01-14
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How to throttle your Storage with Resource Governor in SQL Server 2014
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan, where you are getting week by week via email...
2014-01-14
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Hours
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I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server
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How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server ...
PostgreSQL Support in the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
Next week I’m at VS Live in San Diego (register and join me) and...
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