SQL Server 2012: xVelocity

After SQL Server 2012 was released this past week, I saw a few mentions from Microsoft about a new feature...

Looking to Windows 9

I haven’t played with Windows 8 yet, and only a little with Windows Phone 7, but I am a little...

RYO Maintenance Plan – Integrity Checks

Happy Monday! Everyone fully recovered from St. Patrick’s Day? Hopefully the weather where you are was as perfect as it...

TDE and Compression

I knew that enabling TDE would cause the information stored within to, effectively, be randomized, which means it would seriously...

24-Hours of PASS - Be on-time!

Right on the heels of the recent SQL Server 2012 virtual online launch event (as in virtually not there :-), a...

Another Interesting Sort

Some code requirements can be met through various means including the use of a different collation - which means a lot of testing.
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Troubleshooting Event ID 9 - The device, xxxxx, did not respond within the timeout period.

The System logs returned :
 The device, xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, did not respond within the timeout period.
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1)      SCSI controller  firmware
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Activity Monitor in SQL Server 2012: an Improved Embedded Optimisation Gizmo for the Thrifty DBA

Waaaay back in December ‘08, after having spoken briefly at SQL teach here in Montreal thanks to MVP Paul Nielsen...

Avoid Database Restore Issues (Errors 3219 or 3514) by a Simple Script Edit - the DB Restore Work-around

Starting with the 1000 foot view: During the process of applying changes to a production database - let's call it Change...