24 Hours of PASS & SQL Saturday(s)
I survived 24 Hours of PASS! Just wrapped up delivering my presentation for the 24 Hours of PASS (24HOP) on...
2011-09-09
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SQL Saturday #97 – Austin TX
The schedule for SQL Saturday 97 has been posted and I was selected to give my “It’s TempDB, Why Should...
2011-09-08
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Prepping for Certification
Having prepped for, taken, and then failed the MCM exam this year, perhaps I’m not the best person to give...
2011-09-08
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I need #sqlhelp! BIDS shuts down unexpectedly – SOLVED
Edit: See end of blog for solution.
I have MS Visual Studio 2008 (BIDS) x86 with SP1. Recently it’s started shutting...
2011-09-08
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I need #sqlhelp! BIDS shuts down unexpectedly
I have MS Visual Studio 2008 (BIDS) x86 with SP1. Recently it’s started shutting down without warning whenever I hit...
2011-09-08
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SQLSaturday #97 Speaker Selection Process
Hard Choices
First, thank you for submitting to speak at SQLSaturday #97 in Austin, TX. Myself, Richard Heim and Mike Byrd...
2011-09-08
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Configuring Windows 7 For Paired Storage
In recent years solid state drives (SSD for short) have dropped in price enough to be an affordable option in...
2011-09-08
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TPC-H generate test data , test queries and sql database benchmark
This is a followup on my earlier post ofSQL Server test data generation testing tools.
I had some requests for my...
2011-09-08
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SQL Server DMV Views: Getting slow queries within stored procedure
SQL Server DMV Views might be very helpful. Let’s imagine that you have a couple of nested stored procedures and...
2011-09-08
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SQL Saturday #89 is 10 days away
I just 10 short days Atlanta GA will be hosting the most stellar lineup of speakers SQL Saturday has ever...
2011-09-07
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Blogs
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...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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Checking the Error Log II
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