DBA and Doctor
I always feel it is harder to be a DBA than to be a doctor while we are doing almost...
2008-11-02
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Timing is Everything
I got up this morning, wanting to go through the forums, check on Database Weekly, etc. as a Sunday morning...
2008-11-02
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Auditing for Blank Passwords
Auditing blank passwords in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 proves a bit more challenging than in SQL Server 2000. In...
2008-11-01
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SQL Server 2008 Data Compression Example
I was experimenting with the effects of row and page compression in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition.
First, I identified...
2008-10-31
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Follow Up to Blog Review Post
A month or so ago I posted Blog Review - Yours & Mine to see what I might get for feedback about...
2008-10-30
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New Books on SQL Server 2008
Since the release of SQL Server 2008, a slew of new books have been released, or are about to be...
2008-10-30
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The October 2008 Energy Update - So Much Passion
Do we have an energy crisis or not? Is global warming real? Are we being affected by burning fossil fuels?
I...
2008-10-30
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The Wise Old Man Part 2
In my previous post The Wise Old Man Part 1 I wrote about a great session I attended during SQL...
2008-10-30
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Thoughts on .Net Reflector Being Acquired by Red Gate
This is an unpaid/unsolicited comment about a product now owned by Red Gate Software. Purely my opinions, and I'll try...
2008-10-29
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The Wise Old Man Part 1
During one of the sessions that I attended during SQL Saturday in Orlando I had the privilege of listening to...
2008-10-29
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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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