And the winners are….. (iPads for Christmas contest)
Congratulations to the following winners of our iPads for Christmas contest. It was a hard choice, but I ended up...
2010-12-20
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SQL Server Storage Internals Part 3 - Architecture of Heaps
In this article I have explained below topics
1. key points on HEAP tables.
2. What happens when a table is created.
3. How to list...
2010-12-19
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SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 RTM
Service Pack 4
Just in time for Christmas, SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 has RTM’d. If you are using SQL...
2010-12-18
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SQL Saturday 62 – Tampa FL – January 15th 2011
On January 15th, 2011, SQL Saturday is once again coming to Tampa Florida. This is going to be a tremendous...
2010-12-18
1,199 reads
Pragmatic Works Seeking Employment Candidates
If you’re anything like me, you enjoy constantly striving to new levels of knowledge. This new level of knowledge brings...
2010-12-18
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SQL Server 2005 SP4 Released
Steve Jones mentioned recently that SP4 for SQL Server 2005 is on its way because Microsoft closed his connect item....
2010-12-18
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Just in time for Christmas – SQL Server 2005 SP4
Just in time for Christmas, Microsoft releases SQL Server 2005 SP4.
Many were wondering if they would meet their intended...
2010-12-18
1,766 reads
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
I don’t usually post on my blog on the weekend, but this weekend, the weekend before a Christmas is a...
2010-12-18
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Grant permission to the profile
The Profiler is a powerful tool available to the dba, but it can also be very useful for system developers....
2010-12-18
796 reads
Social Leadership And The SQL Community
2010 is rapidly coming to a close and in retrospect this has been a fantastic year of growth for the...
2010-12-17
1,194 reads
Blogs
Installing and Configuring containerd as a Kubernetes Container Runtime
This post shows you how to install containerd as the container runtime for Kubernetes...
It’s 2026 and I’m retired, so lets get Visual Basic 6.0 to run on Windows 11
In 1999 I released my first commercial software product. ShutOff 2000 was a Windows...
Car Update October 2026
By Steve Jones
This month I want to look at a few of the things I’ve seen...
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