Featured Blog: Aloha DBA
If you’ve been around SQL for any length of time it’s hard not to have heard of Brad McGehee, the...
2010-02-24
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Disaster Recovery at SQLServerCentral
We had a spammer post a bunch of random, silly posts last week. I knew it was an issue when...
2010-02-24
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Adventures in Webinar Presentations
Over the past several years, I have given 2-3 live web presentations a year, and I have always found them...
2010-02-23
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Find Ultimate Parent at any Level From Any Level
Recently I got a forum question that I thought would be a good blog entry for others to share.
The question...
2010-02-23
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Gets a Real Date
Hot Off The Presses !
This isn’t like when you stood in line at the kissing booth in high school. SQL...
2010-02-23
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Setup a Database Snapshot
I have been tinkering lately with database snapshots and I thought the subject warranted a short post on the subject....
2010-02-23
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Self-Managed Oracle Databases – Good or Bad ?!
Should we as DBAs be worried that we will become surplus to requirements if Oracle continues to enhance its capabilities to deliver a self-managing...
2010-02-23
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Database Weekly Week
I used to build the Database Weekly newsletter and write the editorial every week. It was a chore, and it’s...
2010-02-23
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Viewing Missing Indexes in Management Studio 2005
If you’ve used SQL Server 2008 Management Studio (SSMS 2008), you may have noticed that Microsoft added a pretty neat...
2010-02-23
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MVP Summit Review
I was lucky enough to attend the MVP Summit held last week in Redmond and Bellevue. I attended the Summit...
2010-02-23
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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
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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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