Things I Favorited on Twitter (a weekly wrapup, of sorts)
Each Friday on @Midnight">DBAs@Midnight (my live weekly webshow, 11pm CST at webshow.MidnightDBA.com!) I don’t feel like I have enough time...
2011-11-04
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What is SQL PASS?
A few weeks ago I asked a colleague, who is a DBA, if he was going to the SQL PASS...
2011-11-04
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SQL Tribal Knowledge
Ever felt like trying your hand at writing? November is National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo for our savvy readers). ...
2011-11-04
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SQLSaturday #86 in Tampa–Tomorrow!
With a little bit of luck I’ll be arriving in Orlando today around 9 am as I return from SQLConnections...
2011-11-04
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2011-11-04
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SQLSaturday #96 in DC - 11/5/2011
Coming to the Capitol, tomorrow Saturday, November 5, 2011 is SQLSaturday#96 in Washington, D.C.! This great event down in DC,...
2011-11-04
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SQL Server 2012: Business Intelligence Edition
Well this was quite the little surprise this morning. Microsoft announced a new edition to the SQL Server lineup for...
2011-11-03
2,723 reads
An Attempt to Make SSIS Package Deployment More Reasonable
Full disclosure: There might be a better way to do this. I am not aware of it.
Problems:
Maintaining multiple DB environments...
2011-11-03
1,474 reads
Another Color Wheel
Some time ago, I had the opportunity to work on a problem involving the color wheel. The requirements for that problem lent themselves to a solution involving bitwise operations...
2011-11-03
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Another Color Wheel
Some time ago, I had the opportunity to work on a problem involving the color wheel. The requirements for that...
2011-11-03
1,270 reads
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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Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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