Experts Perspective Webcast: Wait Watchers – Gain Performance Increases Fast
Following in the footsteps of such greats community leaders as Brent Ozar and Kevin Kline I have the opportunity, nay...
2014-08-12
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Richard Douglas
PASS DBA VC Session 25th June
It’s always an honour to be able to speak at an event, but events can be expensive to attend and...
2014-06-24
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Spring may be long gone but you still need to clean up MSDB
System databases are often neglected, part of this is due to Microsoft’s message of SQL Server will run and look...
2014-06-12
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Data loss in clustered index occurs when you run online build index in SQL Server 2012
Scared? Don’t worry, there is a workaround and a hotfix. More on that in a moment.
This morning I checked my...
2014-06-12 (first published: 2014-06-10)
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Two things you probably shouldn’t say in an interview
If you look online you can find thousands of pages of advice on interviews as well as people asking for...
2014-05-22
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Monthly Reflections – April 2014
April was quite a busy month and so apart from the last reflections post and TSQL Tuesday entry Why So Serious...
2014-05-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #53 Why So Serious
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday which is now at a staggering number 53, can it really have been going that long?...
2014-04-08
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Monthly Reflections – March 2014
After a bit of an enforced sabbatical from blogging (short but boring story), I was interested to see how my...
2014-04-04
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New Undocumented Feature in SQL Server 2014
Today is the eagerly anticipated launch of SQL Server 2014, I have downloaded and installed a copy of the RTM...
2014-04-01
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Last Day in the UK
The driver behind the move
After over two and a half years at my current employers I am afraid to say...
2014-04-01
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Blogs
PostgreSQL: Diagnosing and Fixing a Sequential Scan with No Filter Predicate
A sequential scan is not always a problem — PostgreSQL's planner often chooses one...
Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
The Book of Redgate: Profits
By Steve Jones
Redgate is a for-profit company. We look to make money by building and selling...
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