Speaking at Midlands PASS in February
On February 12th I'll be giving a SQL Server Security Refresher for Midlands PASS at Microstaff IT in Cayce/West Columbia,...
2013-01-10
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Restore database permissions
Introduction:
I came across a couple of subtle gotchas around the permissions required to restore a database in SQL Server 2008+...
2013-01-10
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Try a Database Design Exercise At Your Next SQL User Group
Tried something different for the January 2013 meeting of the Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group (brssug.org), which meets every...
2013-01-10
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SQL Saturday #198 Feb 16, 2013
SQL Saturday 198, http://www.sqlsaturday.com/198/ ; is coming to Vancouver Feb 16 this year. As of now, 56 sessions are collected from...
2013-01-09
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Determining Default Trace Location
While working on some scripts against SQL Server’s default trace, I wanted to develop a sure fire way to find...
2013-01-09
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January S3OLV 2013
I hope you are ready for some free SQL learning. Coming up on Thursday January 10th at 6:30 PM Pacific (GMT – 8 ) we will have a stellar...
2013-01-09
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January S3OLV 2013
I hope you are ready for some free SQL learning. Coming up on Thursday January 10th at 6:30 PM Pacific...
2013-01-09
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What Queries From The Application Do To Your Plan Cache
Usually, a database is meant to serve some kind of application, and .Net applications have a few possible ways to query...
2013-01-09
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A Learning Experiment
I’ve been looking for ways to improve the way I do my job, which is mostly writing and editing, but...
2013-01-09
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Day 9 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Use All the Checksums
31 Days of Disaster Recovery
Welcome to day 9 of my 31 Days of Disaster Recovery series. Today, I want...
2013-01-09
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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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