First day in Seattle
I arrived Sunday in Seattle from St. Louis for the MVP Global Summit. The shuttle from the airport was filled...
2008-04-14
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MVP Day 1
Actually it wasn't really an official day. I came to Seattle a day early to see the Mariner's play and...
2008-04-14
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Thoughts on Mentoring - Part 1
Mentoring is something I think a lot of us wish for and that few of us find. Few businesses encourage...
2008-04-13
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Forty Percent Discount on SQL 2008 Exams
Saw this in the MCP Flash today, if you register to be notified when the exams are live you get...
2008-04-11
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How to Improve MS Connect
If you haven't visited yet, MS Connect replaces the old sqlwish email alias and provides - in theory! - a better way...
2008-04-09
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Charlotte SQL Server User Group Link Wrong at HQ Site
If you're looking for the Charlotte SQL Server User Group web page, the link on the PASS HQ site is...
2008-04-09
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It's Over - SQL Server 2000 Support
Ok, I'm a bit of an ID10T at times.
I've talked about this for months, especially trying to push SP3 for...
2008-04-09
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Partitioning Gotcha
Well, it got me at least! Not long ago someone asked me about partitioned views and as I'm apt to...
2008-04-08
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SQL Server 2008 Management Studio
I made the decision today to start using SQL Server 2008 Management Studio at work to manage my 2000 and...
2008-04-08
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Thoughts on Database Mail
I suspect few would argue that database mail in SQL 2005 is a huge improvement over the mail system in...
2008-04-07
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Blogs
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
Forums
Inquiry – Enforcing ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly via GPO
Hello, I would like to ask whether it is technically possible to redirect a...
Calculating Geometric Mean in Power BI
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TempDB Facts I
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TempDB Facts I
Can I set Accelerated Database Recovery on tempdb?
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