DBA Checklist Updated
I have recently updated and revised my DBA Best Practices Checklist, which is hosted on www.Simple-Talk.com. The goal of the...
2010-01-22
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SSIS Checkpoints with Tasks Running in Parallel
Several months ago I blogged about why Checkpoints are a great feature in SSIS to use. It seems with every...
2010-01-22
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Microsoft – Follow best practices!
Best practice is to use parametrized queries to enable plan reuse. Will someone please tell Microsoft this.
Presently dm_exec_cached_plans on...
2010-01-22
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Final Reminder – SQLSaturday #32 in Tampa on Jan 23, 1010
I’ve had to cancel my plans to attend, which also included plans for a late lunch at the Green Iguana...
2010-01-22
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Book Review: K2: Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain
I read Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain by Ed Viesturs ($18 @ Amazon) over the holiday break....
2010-01-22
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SQL Server 2008 R2 to be Available in May
This past Tuesday, Microsoft officially announced that SQL Server 2008 R2 will be available in May 2010. See the announcement...
2010-01-21
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Getting here from there
Another month, another blog chain, this time started by Paul Randal. I got tagged by both Grant and Steve, on...
2010-01-21
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Speaking at European PASS
I just heard that two of my presentations have been accepted for the European PASS Conference 2010 in Neuss, Germany,...
2010-01-21
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How Do You Handle the Stress of Being a DBA?
This is a reprint of my editorial at SQLServerCentral.com. There is a lively discussion at the SSC forum on this...
2010-01-21
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Instant File Initialisation
I have been reading up on instant file initialization and I have read a couple of good blog posts by...
2010-01-21
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Blogs
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...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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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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