Keeping a Low Profile
I’ve been mostly offline for the last ten days or so, cutting back on blogging and forum participation and mostly...
2009-09-01
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The Pain of Multi-Threading!
Alas, this isn’t really a SQL post, but thoughts on efforts to share work that has been previously done by...
2009-08-31
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Backing up to NUL vs Backup with Truncate only
Or “It’s 10pm, do you know where your log records are?”
Something that I’ve started to see recently is the idea...
2009-08-31
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Scripting Server Side Traces
If you’ve never used SQL Server Profiler, you truly don’t know what your missing. And that statement has an intentional...
2009-08-31
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Active August – Final Recap
Well, I had a pretty good week this week. I made an effort and met all my goals:
Eat smaller portions...
2009-08-31
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Submitted PASS Board Of Directors Application
Well after much deliberation I have decided to submit an application for the PASS Board of Directors. I embark on...
2009-08-31
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SQL Lunch Calendar
We have been working hard trying to get speakers to complete the year for our SQL Lunch schedule. I am...
2009-08-31
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Notes On the Jacksonville Code Camp
I drove up to Jacksonville Friday afternoon for the 2009 Jacksonville Code Camp led by my friend Bayer White. I...
2009-08-31
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Decompressing on Compression in SQL Server 2008....
Compression is one of the major features introduced in SQL Server 2008, and one that can significantly reduce disk storage. ...
2009-08-31
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- Easiest Rebuild Ever - Windows 7
I'm somewhat conservative with my machines. These days it's a tool for me, and I'm not looking for the coolest...
2009-08-31
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
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Question of the Day
DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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