What three events brought you here?
Another one of the DBA bloggers games of tag is occurring. I’ve been asked by Tom LaRock to answer Paul...
2010-01-18
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A Few Useful Queries for SQL Server 2008 Integrated Full Text Search (iFTS)
I had a hardware issue this past weekend on one of my database servers where I am running SQL Server...
2010-01-18
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Database Design Process
Buck Woody recently asked a question; how do you design a database. He outlined the process he followed and asked...
2010-01-18
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Accidental DBA?
It seems to me that over the last year or so that there has been an explosion in the use...
2010-01-18
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Three Life-Changing Events
Paul Randal started a meme about three life changing events that brought him to where he is today. Brent Ozar...
2010-01-18
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What Three Things Brought Me Here
I was tagged
by SQL Rockstar, aka Tom LaRock, after this
thread was started by Paul Randal-not-Paul-Tripp (I wonder if...
2010-01-18
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Should You Achieve All Your Goals?
So many people wrote posts at the end of 2009 analyzing their goals and what they achieved. I did the...
2010-01-18
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Leaving on a Jet Plane
Ok, so it’s not until November – but I am leaving on a Jet Plane nonetheless. It will have been four...
2010-01-18
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Notes on the January 2010 oPASS Meeting (Live Meeting)
Before you dig in this post, take a look at my earlier notes about oPASS and Live Meeting and the...
2010-01-18
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Intel Nehalem-EX and Database Performance
Intel is talking about the upcoming launch of the next generation Intel Xeon processor (Nehalem-EX) being bigger than the Xeon...
2010-01-18
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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