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Script: Backup All your Databases
We all know the importance of taking regular backups of our SQL Server databases. This is a useful little script...
2010-03-18
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The Coming Upgrade Tidal Wave
Microsoft is poised to release new versions of several different products and technologies that have the potential to have a...
2010-03-18
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Undocumented Virtual Column: %%lockres%
One of my development teams needed a mechanism for identifying the value of a key that was part of a...
2010-03-18
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This is Dumb - eBooks
Amazon v Apple, both pressuring publishers on ebook concessions. It’s big business, and it could easily be good or bad...
2010-03-18
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New Goal: Security Presentation for End Users on Social Media
Cross-posted from the Goal Keeping DBA:
In recent days I’ve seen folks jump on Facebook groups and become fans of pages...
2010-03-18
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Stay Interview Instead of Exit Interview
I had not heard of the stay interview until a friend sent over a link. The idea is that rather...
2010-03-18
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Changing Storage for your SQL Server
A friend pinged me the other day with a question on SQL Server storage. He works as a Windows consultant,...
2010-03-18
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Minimizing Fragmentation when Moving data using a Switch
Yesterday was the first day of the SQL Server 2008 R2 airlift.I attended a great session on Implementing a Fast...
2010-03-17
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Using SSAS MDX Calculation Color Expressions
Analysis Services calculations are great for storing formulas that your users need to see on a regular basis. They also...
2010-03-17
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
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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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