Check Out the Free Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) Tool
Traditionally, analyzing Performance Monitor data has not been an easy task. It often involved viewing Performance Monitor logs in graph...
2008-12-23
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Looking for a DBA Diversion?
If you haven't done so, check out this Simple-Talk Editorial by Tony Davis, in addition to all the comments the...
2008-12-23
710 reads
Do No Evil
One of Google's tenets is to "do no evil" as they run their corporation. This article questions their motives as...
2008-12-23
826 reads
Office Ribbon - Find The Command/Out of Office?
I guess I'm stuck in the past, but the Office Ribbon still hasn't grown on me. I think it makes...
2008-12-22
745 reads
Hiring Your First Employee
Visit Business of Software
It’s my boss, or rather the owner of the company I work for (yes I work for...
2008-12-22
672 reads
Call It a Day, or a Day Minus 2 Milliseconds
There's one report that I look at every day to assess how things are going on a project we launched...
2008-12-21
620 reads
Sp_altermessage “Classic”, much better than “New” sp_altermessage
I was reading through the SQL Server 2005 SP3 release notes yesterday (sadly, it was enjoyable) and clicked through to...
2008-12-19
807 reads
Version Restores
I saw a question today on restoring a SQL Server 7 backup to SQL Server 2005, and I wasn't sure...
2008-12-19
671 reads
A Week of Books - Part 5
Last and not least this week, The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life. This is an authorized biography...
2008-12-18
712 reads
SQL Quiz: Two Mistakes
I was tagged by Gail Shaw to post two big mistakes made during my professional career. The only challenge here...
2008-12-18
844 reads
Blogs
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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