Reports on Disk Space and Space in Files
Previously I have blogged about how to check for free space in a database at a file level; a file for a database can be very large, but the...
2013-01-05
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A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Algorithm 1: Not-So-Naïve Bayes
Thankfully, the simplest of SQL Server’s algorithms is not quite as naïve about data mining as I am.
As mentioned...
2013-01-09 (first published: 2013-01-04)
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Day 4 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Back That Thang Up
Day 4 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Back That Thang Up
31 Days of Disaster Recovery
Here we are at day...
2013-01-04
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Row of nonclustered index page
Below is the formula of calculating the row size of non-clustered index page
so unique non-clustered index created on unique clustered index use smallest...
2013-01-04
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #183 – Albuquerque
I’ve been accepted to speak at SQL Saturday #183 in Albuquerque, NM on Feb 9, 2013. This is the first...
2013-01-04
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Reblog: December 28 to January 3
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-01-04
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2012 in Review
With the year 2012 now in the rear view mirror, and while I’m still in the midst of my holiday...
2013-01-04
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SQL Server Contracting and Business Network Wales - LinkedIn Groups Updates
I have been doing some work on some LinkedIn groups that I manage and look after over the holidays. There...
2013-01-04
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What happen, If SQL Server new instance try to use exitsing named instance name?
We all know that SQL Server can have 1 default instance & many named instance.
But I want to check, How SQL...
2013-01-04
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When is a whitespace not a whitespace ?
As I'm sure I must have mentioned in the past, I’m presently involved in a large ALM project at a...
2013-01-04
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Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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