Virtualisation – An Introduction
For the last two years or so, in one capacity or another I have been running SQL Server in virtual...
2010-04-21
666 reads
SQLSaturday #49 in Orlando!
We just put the site up, starting a little earlier than last year, and over the course of this week...
2010-04-21
502 reads
Rules to Live By – The Intro
Most of us have some general rules we live by, and I’ve often thought it would be a lot easier...
2010-04-21
730 reads
SQL Server 2008 R2 new Editions - Info
SQL Server 2008 R2, it comes with new editions and lot of new features, also supporting the SQL Azure & PowerPivot...
2010-04-21
1,385 reads
A DMV a Day – Day 21
The DMV for Day 21 is sys.dm_os_ring_buffers, which is helpfully NOT described by BOL as:
The following SQL Server Operating System–related...
2010-04-21
2,587 reads
Whats a Good Rule for Max Degree of Parallelism?
Introduction
I am one of those people that believe that anything worth doing is worth having a script to do it....
2010-04-20
559 reads
Stepping Stone Cert II
Back on March 30, I wrote about a Stepping Stone Certification that seems to be missing between the MCM and...
2010-04-20
752 reads
SQL Saturday #39, New York, New York
A town so big they named it twice.
If you’re not excited about SQL Saturday in NYC this weekend… why not?...
2010-04-20
521 reads
Staying Current with SQL Server Builds
There was some conversation on Twitter about how to get notification when new Cumulative Updates are released for SQL Server...
2010-04-20
976 reads
Sad Sack – Hardware Failures all over
I feel like I have some bad digital karma lately. In the past week I’ve had these downed systems:
iPod iTouch...
2010-04-20
646 reads
Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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