I’m Going on Tour
I’ve done quite a bit of speaking over the last few years, which has required a lot of travel. I...
2012-06-01 (first published: 2012-05-30)
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Turn on Instant File Initialization for SQL Server Performance
Without Instant File Initialization turned on, each time a data file on SQL Server 2005 and above is created or...
2012-05-30
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Denali – Day 30: Deprecated Features
Denali – Day 30: Deprecated Features Deprecated feature means these features are available in the current version of Sql server but...
2012-05-30
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Learning Tree: SQL Server DBA Skills Upgrade
I’m very lucky in my work as freelance consultant and trainer I get to travel the world, and last week...
2012-05-30
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The Standing Desk Experiment
I’ve had a few friends using standing desks for sometime. I first heard about Greg Gonzalez (sqlSentry | Blog | @SQLSensei), fellow...
2012-05-29
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SQL Saturday in Rochester Exceeds Expectations
After being forced to deliver sour grapes in my last few columns – thanks to some unexpectedly negative experiences with Oracle...
2012-05-29
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The SQL in the City US Tour
If you haven’t heard yet, Red Gate Software is sponsoring a six city tour of the United States of its...
2012-06-01 (first published: 2012-05-29)
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Oracle Date issues with PowerPivot
This week I was building power pivot models for a client pulling data from Oracle. One table kept giving the...
2012-05-29
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Building a SQL Server Inventory – Part 1
Ok folks, you asked for it. Well, a few of you did, anyway. So today I’m going to share with...
2012-05-31 (first published: 2012-05-29)
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The Rules of Gibbs
It’s been interesting to watch the characters evolve on NCIS over the years, something that can only happen with time...
2012-05-29
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Risk Vs Reward, The never...
Trigger isn't working
Hi, I have a trigger, that works fine elsewhere but is not working at...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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