2013 Polar Plunge #SQLPlunge
Next month… on March 2… I’m going to jump into a lake in Minnesota. Now it’s cold in Minnesota. In...
2013-01-18
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Day 16 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Disaster Recovery Gems From Around The Net
It’s day 16 of my series 31 Days of Disaster Recovery. I’ve seen a lot of great DR related posts...
2013-01-18
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SQLBits XI - My second most eagerly awaited event of 2013...
I bet you are half wondering what is the first? Well that would be the birth of my second child...
2013-01-17
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Does the SQL Server Database Filename Matter?
Do you know the basics of how to create a database? Hopefully you do and can do so without the...
2013-01-17
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Leverage Policy Based Management for regular Page Verify =Checksum compliance monitoring
Page Verify = Checksum is one option which I like all my servers to be compliant. By default all the new...
2013-01-17
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SQL Server 2012 SP1 Causes MsiInstaller Application Log Entries
After installing SP1 to SQL Server 2012 (11.0.3000) on one of our servers, I noticed higher than normal CPU loads due to...
2013-01-17
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New Years Aspirations – James Rowland-Jones – PASS
Thanks for agreeing to do this James; I know as you run your own company your time is billable!
Before we...
2013-01-17
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STATS_DATE() Doesn’t Indicate The Validity of Statistics
From time to time, you might have caught yourself in a conversation similar to the following:
Fred: Hey folks, we have...
2013-01-17
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The right terminology for the right audience
For those who has the privilege of being in the technology consulting industry for some time and started out in...
2013-01-17
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Last Time CheckDB was Run
Back in November 2012, I shared a story about checking the last known good checkdb in the boot page of a database. You can read that story here. This...
2013-01-17
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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