perfcollect
This is one of my most closely held DBA secrets.
Do you use PAL? You should.
Clint Huffman is a golden god...
2012-10-24
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Your online security is only as good as the weakest link
Over the weekend I received an email supposedly from Microsoft Live wanting me to verify my account and provided a...
2012-10-26 (first published: 2012-10-24)
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More Thoughts on the Mac Air
I’ve been living with my Mac Air for a few weeks now, thought I’d share some quick thoughts:
I miss the...
2012-10-24
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PASS Summit 2012 Countdown Begins !!!
All roads lead to Seattle!
If you are a SQLServer professional, then you don’t want to miss this event.
Over 190 technical...
2012-10-23
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Decoding first, root, and FirstIAM in Sysindexes
Have you ever looked at the first, root, and FirstIAM columns in sysindexes and wondered…
“What do these values mean?”
Recently, I...
2012-10-26 (first published: 2012-10-23)
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Master Data Services (MDS): Miscellaneous tips
I have come across a number of tips while using MDS. These are tips not big enough for their own...
2012-10-23
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SSIS Tips & Tricks
For your convenience, below is a download link to get the presentation and relevant materials for the SSIS Tips & Tricks...
2012-10-23
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Two Thousand Five Hundred Sixty. Seems like such a random and unassuming number, however, I can say this was the...
2012-10-23
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PASS DBA Virtual Chapter Trimming Indexes, Getting Your Database in Shape
Hello Dear Reader! Tomorrow at 12 noon eastern I’ll be presenting for the PASS DBA Virtual chapter, click here to...
2012-10-23
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I can connect to my instance locally but not remotely
Every now and again (today for example) I’ll get a call that one of our SQL Server instances is down. ...
2012-10-23
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Blogs
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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