More On Overlapping Statistics
In my last post I provided a script to identify overlapping statistics but realized afterwards that I left out a...
2010-09-09
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Voting Theory
I was enjoyed the Sunday newspaper (on Sunday!) and ran across this column about various voting systems and that made...
2010-09-09
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Connection String Settings: Timeouts and Pooling
If you are having SQL Server Database connection issues, I reckon they could be due to one of two connection...
2010-09-09
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PASS SQLRally – Session/Speaker Selection
Hopefully by now you’ve heard about the PASS SQLRally event that will be held in Orlando, May 11-13. Andy Warren,...
2010-09-09
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Retiree Association Firmly Onboard with My Repetitive Criticism of Quebec’s Deposit and Investment Fund: Mille fois Bravo l’AQRP ! :)
Just a bit of follow up here, to start closing the loop, regarding my multiple written outbursts regarding the institutionalised...
2010-09-09
2,058 reads
The Perfect SQL Server DBA / Developer Role
Whilst enjoying my coffee fix this morning, along with today’s SQL Server Central Email, my attention was caught by Steve...
2010-09-09
360 reads
SQL Server - Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC)
This a short post looking at the Dedicated Administrator Connection or DAC for short. In extreme circumstances, when there is...
2010-09-09
8,257 reads
SQLRally Meeting Minutes
The starting point for a good meeting is an agenda and minutes. It took us a bit to catch up,...
2010-09-09
686 reads
T-SQL - Is Saving Space Worth It?
I ran across this blog post on Joe Celko’s Restaurant Seat Assignment Problem that found a way to implement the...
2010-09-09
312 reads
Some Moderately Big Iron on x64
Here is a screenshot from a Dell PowerEdge R910 with four 2.27GHz Intel Xeon X7560 processors and 256GB of RAM....
2010-09-08
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
By Steve Jones
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Palantir is an American software platform that brings together business data from different sources...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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My PASS Summit West 2026
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Packing and Decoding Device Status Codes with LEFT_SHIFT() and RIGHT_SHIFT() in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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