A Fan and a Friend
I went to the UK SQL Server User Group in Cambridge on Wednesday. I’m not sure it’s the Cambridge group...
2010-03-25
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Have a Question? Use the Forums
I try to keep a pretty tight lid on the comments to the blog because there's a lot of SPAM...
2010-03-25
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Managing the Size of the Security Cache (TokenAndPermUserStore) in SQL 2005
Introduction
In an earlier post I walked through the diagnosis of a problem with TokenAndPermUserStore bloat in SQL 2005.In this post...
2010-03-25
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Goodbye Live Spaces, Hello WordPress
After blogging on Live Spaces for a 517 days, I’ve made the difficult decision to move to my own domain...
2010-03-25
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Meeting Offsite and a Little Vacation
I’m heading to our “publishing summit” today at one of the Cambridge University buildings. I’m a part of the group...
2010-03-24
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Creating SQL Server 2008 Databases with T-SQL
Imagine you need to create a database on a customer’s machine, but you don’t know how they have their file...
2010-03-24
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PASS Update #27
I’m just back from the March 2010 Board meeting and it went better than usual (for any meeting). Most of...
2010-03-24
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Getting Stubborn Chief Executive Officers to Listen: Speak Their Language
After consecrating several posts on workplace bullying, and hearing our great Steve Jones rant about Toshiba’s lack of action regarding...
2010-03-24
1,968 reads
Avoiding Plagiarism
Having gone to an academic magnet school, I have quite a few friends who are teaching at the university level...
2010-03-24
1,925 reads
Adding a Column to Every Table
I am Script. I will update your database.
Despite the best laid plans, sometimes circumstances or project scope change and the...
2010-03-24
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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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