Installed SQL SERVER 2012? maybe you’d like to re-set your shortcuts!

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Just a quick post on a seemingly trivial matter that others may find useful.
The post was prompted by the Simple-Talk...

Are CHECKSUMs being performed with a Compressed Backup?

Now, why in the world would I be asking a question like this?

Well, in BOL (BACKUP) is this little blurb:
CHECKSUM

Specifies...

Day 6 – Lost in Space

This is the sixth installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season. Previous articles in this mini-series on quick tidbits: SQL Sat LV announcement...

Day 6 – Lost in Space

This is the sixth installment in the 12 day series for SQL tidbits during this holiday season.
Previous articles in this...

Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #64

It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up.  If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...

Kissing 2013 Goodbye

The end of the year is here, which means it’s time to look back and review my goals and reflect...

SSRS Interactive Sorting a Matrix

Sorting a matrix report can be done interactively. To perform interactive sorting, your report you will need a cell to...

Memory Timeouts

Recently I was asked to investigate a timeout issue that was causing SSIS package executions to fail.
The timeouts seemed to...

A New Year is Right Around the Corner

If you read my 2013 Year In Review you may be here today wondering why I haven’t posted anything despite...

Final December Giveaway!

Today I'm giving away the book Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting. If you live outside the continental US,...