Some Common Disk Drives Compared
Since I talked about how wonderful the newer Western Digital Black 6Gbps SATA III hard drives are a couple of...
2011-07-27
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Strengths Finder 2.0
I’ve made the commitment to read and review 12 books over 12 months as a part of continuous personal development....
2011-07-27
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NYC SQL Server User Group - this Thursday - SQL2K8 Audit Feature
Quick update. This Thursday, July 28, 2011 at the NYC SQL Server User Group at Microsoft HQ in NYC, SQL MVP...
2011-07-26
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Fastest row counting method
SELECT COUNT(*) is most common method (and exact) how to find out how many records is in table. There is...
2011-07-26
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Projects – Win Early
Project plans should try to plan for some unknowns. For large projects they include known risks, vacation time, maybe even...
2011-07-26
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My upcoming speaking engagements
A few days ago I had an interesting conversation on Twitter about my upcoming speaking
engagements. I really realized at this...
2011-07-26
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SQL Server, Chennai and Me
It's near to 6 months since I started blogging in SSC and started giving sessions for my Organization on Internal and tuning topics.
While...
2011-07-26
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Optimize a query by thinking out of the box
Recently I had to create a simple query to lookup a single row in a table containing ranges that do...
2011-07-26
626 reads
Leaked Information About AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processors
CPU World has a post about some leaked info regarding the upcoming Opteron 6200 series “Bulldozer” processor line. Here are...
2011-07-26
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Columbus GA SQL Server Users Group Webinar Tomorrow
I found out last week from a good friend and President of the Columbus GA SQL Server Users Group, that...
2011-07-25
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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