VMWare vSphere database maintenance
I recently did a VMWare/SAN assessment for a client. The expressed reason, or the reason relayed to me (not always...
2010-10-06
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SQLSaturday #49 (Orlando) Is Right Around The Corner - Have You Registered?
As I write this SQLSaturday #49 in Orlando is right around the corner - October 16, to be exact. My friends...
2010-10-06
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Stop Forgetting the DAC
From time to time I hear of DBAs that had to restart the SQL Server service on a 2005 or...
2010-10-06
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SQL Saturday 58 Schedule Released
We technically released it on Monday but I didn’t want to blog about it for a couple days since we...
2010-10-06
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One Meel-ee-yon Posts
We crossed the 1,000,000 post mark on SQLServerCentral today and that’s very cool to me. A few others as well...
2010-10-06
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Connection Strings: Database Mirroring Failover Partner Setup & Sample Backup/Restore Preparation Script
After having setup my first SQL 2008 R2 Enterprise (build level 10.50.1702) database mirror as High Safety with automatic failover,...
2010-10-06
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So I Got Promoted, Now What? Get To Know Your Peers
[This is part four in a series of posts about how to effectively transition to your new role after being...
2010-10-06
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Upcoming October Events
During October I’ll be presenting at several online and in-person events
LocationDateSessionSQL Saturday #49 Orlando 2010Oct 16th ETL with PowerShellPASS PowerShell...
2010-10-06
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Return of Index Analysis Part 2
Let’s Anaylze An Index!Time for part two of my continued Index Analysis query. The previous posts in this series are:
Analyze...
2010-10-06
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Speaking Ideas - Plan to End
Over the years I’ve seen probably hundreds of technical presentations. I’ve seen good ones, bad ones, on all sorts of...
2010-10-06
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Blogs
Accept the no and move on
By Brian Kelley
Here is a short emotional intelligence (EI) post for today, courtesy of Seth Godin....
Don’t Fight with AI
By Steve Jones
I was recently trying to handle a simple task with a few AI tools...
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Forums
Searching for my own posts
I have a really stupid question... Is there an easy way to search for...
How to Work with On-Premises AI Models to Generate T-SQL Code
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Escaping Strings
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Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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