SQL Saturday Jacksonville and Precon with Kevin Kline
I’m so excited to tell you about SQL Saturday 130 in Jacksonville coming April 28th. This is the 5th year...
2012-02-07
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Finding the Missing Perfmon Counters in SQL Express
My post this weekend about slaying beasts with magical .dll incantations was my way of relieving some stress after having...
2012-02-07
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Building or Buying a Desktop Based Development and Test Database Server
Back in April of 2011, I wrote a post that compared the merits of using an ancient, but actual rack...
2012-02-06
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Why Every DBA is a Clown
It’s late, really late and you’ve got a mountain of work to get through to meet the deadline. To add...
2012-02-06
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Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group
I will be speaking at the February Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group meeting on Wednesday the 8th. The session...
2012-02-06
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Data Quality Services
Data Quality Services (DQS) is a brand new feature in SQL Server 2012. In short, DQS enables you to build a...
2012-02-09 (first published: 2012-02-06)
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Kindle Fire Update
We’ve had two of them since right after the launch and overall I’m pleased. They get used quite a bit...
2012-02-06
581 reads
SQL Rally 2012 Vote For Me!
Hello Dear Reader! Last year I tossed my hat in the ring on the world of Presenting. This was a...
2012-02-06
772 reads
RYO Maintenance Plan – Database Backups, Part 3
4 out of 5 DBAs agree
I’ve covered creating my backup directories and the actual backup of the database(s). The last...
2012-02-08 (first published: 2012-02-06)
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Meme Monday: Deadlines
Tom LaRock (blog|twitter) has assigned an interesting topic for Meme Monday this month, working with deadlines.
Some people hate deadlines. Some...
2012-02-06
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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.
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Hyperscale Replicas IV
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The SQL Server Date Magic: When CAST and CONVERT Keep Your Index Seek
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Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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