Operations Manager Feedback
If you’re involved with maintaining Microsoft Operations Manager, you probably have a few things you’d like to tell the developers,...
2009-10-13
520 reads
Table Variables Are Only in Memory: Fact or Myth
I keep seeing these concepts that have long been disproven, posted again and again on newsgroups as if they were valid information. The...
2009-10-13
674 reads
SQL Server Legend – Data Files and Threads
Someone was asking about using multiple data files recently to try and increase performance. I had answered that unless you...
2009-10-13
4,003 reads
SQLServerCentral Article on Database Space Capacity Planning
I wrote an article for SQLServerCentral entitled "Database Space Capacity Planning" that demonstrates a database and volume (disk) capacity planning solution...
2009-10-13
1,002 reads
PASS Update #15
We just had our October board meeting, this one ran the full hour and was a good discussion, catching up...
2009-10-12
230 reads
Afraid of Presenting? Try Toastmasters
I should be writing a technical post in the next day or so. I've been focusing more on the community...
2009-10-12
1,330 reads
SQL Server Lunch Milestone (100+ Attendees)
Today’s SQL Lunch was a huge success, even though we experienced a few technical difficulties. Tim Mitchell spoke on Deploying...
2009-10-12
776 reads
Generate Lots of Test Data with CROSS JOIN
“Joe Test”
“Joe Test2?
“Joe Test3?
“Arrgh! There has got to be a better way to create some test data!”
Ever had that conversation...
2009-10-12
3,366 reads
Carolina Code Camp - The Good and the Bad
This past Saturday I was able to participate in the Carolina Code Camp, help just outside Charlotte, NC. I was...
2009-10-12
937 reads
Congratulations to John Magnabosco
Congratulations to John Magnabosco for being awarded as a Microsoft MVP. I met John last year at the Indy Tech...
2009-10-12
618 reads
Blogs
TRY_PARSE Limitations: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I got a notification from a question I’d posted at SQL Server Central: Getting...
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices
By SQLPals
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices In...
Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026 Report is out
By Brian Kelley
Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing are two areas of emerging technology that receive most...
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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 6 – Managing Changesets Over Time
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A Limited Startup
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A Limited Startup
I add this parameter to SQL Server 2025 in the Configuration Manager:
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