SQLSaturday 31 Chicago: Recap
Last weekend I had the distinguished pleasure of attending Chicago’s very first SQLSaturday event. Before I begin my recap I’d...
2010-04-22
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e-Ink Improvements
I saw this article on the improvements from E-ink that are coming. There are two videos, one of a better...
2010-04-22
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Rebuilding the Home Server
My Windows Home Server died a month ago, just as I was getting ready to leave the country. I didn’t...
2010-04-22
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Results of PASS Summit 2010 Content Survey Released
A few weeks back PASS sent out a survey to get input on how to shape the 2010 Summit agenda,...
2010-04-22
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Consulting and the MBA
The year is 1991. Nirvana’s Smells like teen spirit is the must-have album of the year. And everyone who is...
2010-04-22
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OPASS is pleased to announce - SQLSaturday #49 - Orlando October 16th. Get it on your calendar now.
SQLSaturday #49 - Orlando is now live on the SQLSaturday web site. It will be held on October 16th at Seminole...
2010-04-22
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SQL Server 2008 R2 reaches RTM
On April 21 Microsoft announced SQL Server 2008 R2 has been released to manufacturing.
The downloads on Technet/MSDN on May 3....
2010-04-22
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I’m on TV at the Tweet-up
I was listening to the announcement of SQL Server 2008 R2 yesterday on a call from Microsoft. It was released...
2010-04-22
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Index Stats Duplication
I came across a recent posting about seeing multiple entries in sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats for the same index. This kind of behavior...
2010-04-22
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A DMV a Day – Day 22
The DMV for Day 22 is sys.dm_exec_query_memory_grants, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about the queries that have acquired...
2010-04-22
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Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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