SQLBits XI: Need Your Vote
SQLBits XI: Need Your Vote
SQL Bits XI
SQLBits XI is in Nottingham, U.K., May 2 – 4, 2013, and I am attending....
2013-01-03 (first published: 2013-01-02)
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Re-Awarded as a Microsoft MVP
Yesterday (January 1) I received the email indicating I was re-awarded as a Microsoft MVP, once again in SQL Server....
2013-01-02
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Day 1 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Does DBCC Automatically Use Existing Snapshot?
Day 1 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Does DBCC Automatically Use Existing Snapshot?
31 Days of Disaster Recovery
Welcome to my...
2013-01-04 (first published: 2013-01-01)
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VCAP5-DCA study guide is now available
Paul Grevink has released a great study guide for the VMware VCAP5-DCA exam. It’s available here! I’ll be using it...
2013-01-01
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Re-awarded MVP status for 2013
I received notification that I have received the Microsoft MVP award for 2013, my fourth consecutive year to receive this...
2013-01-01
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Re-awarded MVP status for 2013
I received notification that I have received the Microsoft MVP award for 2013, my fourth consecutive year to receive this...
2013-01-01
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Looking Forward to the New Year - Professional Goals
Most folks make New Year's resolutions of things they want to do over the course of the next 364/365 days....
2013-01-01
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My 2012 Year
What a wild year this has been. There have been ups and downs, but the ups have been incredible. To...
2013-01-01
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Full-Text Search – Stoplists in SQL Server
Full-text search is an interesting subsystem in SQL Server. It allows you to implement searches through a variety of text...
2013-01-07 (first published: 2012-12-31)
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Wrapping Up 2012
Last year, I did a wrap up post of the year to see where I landed from where I wanted...
2012-12-31
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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
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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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