Re-Focusing the Blog a Bit
In recent weeks I've strayed pretty much all over the map with respect to topics. I have another blog, the...
2011-06-01
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June Question: How Do You Monitor Your SQL Servers?
As DBAs, one of our biggest responsibilities is to monitor our SQL Servers to ensure they are performing as expected....
2011-06-01
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SQL Exercise During Candidate Interview Process
A discussion of how BPS uses a SQL exercise for candidates and why it is helpful.
At the Boston Public Schools,...
2011-06-01
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Start All Your Meetings in Pole Position
Let’s face it, a lot of us don’t enjoy attending meetings and can often find them to be a bit...
2011-05-31
1,829 reads
Free SQL Exam cram sessions from Microsoft.
G’day,
I’m a big fan of maintaining and updating your technical skills, but sometimes its difficult to measure your ability at...
2011-05-31
2,941 reads
Taking It to the Extreme: SQLCLR and Parallelism - a NYC event coming soon!
Here’s another awesome SQL event coming to New York City. (Keep reading for your discount below!) It’s already getting hot...
2011-05-31
2,360 reads
An Unexpected Service Gotcha
Recently I was participating in a round of storage rearranging with a client (aka the storage dance) which consisted of...
2011-05-31
1,567 reads
SQLSaturday #85 in Orlando!
It’s that time of year again, actually a little earlier than in previous years as we’ll be holding our fifth...
2011-05-31
1,498 reads
Use Connections Properly in an SSIS Script Task
There are lots of scenarios in SSIS where you'd want to use a connection within a Script Task. Unfortunately, the closest help documentation - the comments inside the Script...
2011-05-31
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Use Connections Properly in an SSIS Script Task
There are lots of scenarios in SSIS where you'd want to use a connection within a Script Task. Unfortunately, the closest help documentation - the comments inside the Script...
2011-05-31
2,758 reads
Blogs
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
My Social Media Rules
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
Why Use TRY_PARSE(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Someone asked why I would use TRY_PARSE after I posted a question at SQL...
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