Review: Virtual CloneDrive
It’s pretty common to download software as an ISO file (a disk image) and it seems like a waste to...
2010-03-15
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Volunteering for PASS
I said I was going to do it last year, and I followed through. After submitting an application to volunteer,...
2010-03-15
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SQL Server Utility in SQL Server 2008 R2
One of the new management related features in SQL Server 2008 R2 is SQL Server Utility. SQL Server Utility gives...
2010-03-15
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Twas the Night Before the MCM ...
T'was the Night Before the MCM ...
SQL Server MCM starts tomorrow. My wife thinks it's cute that I'm excited. The...
2010-03-14
978 reads
Setting Up a Server Side Trace
Recently I wrote a short post on the default trace in SQL Server. You can read that here. In this...
2010-03-14
14,884 reads
Finding Date Ranges for Calculating Statistics
Finding Date Ranges for Calculating StatisticsI received the following question from a fellow DBA:
I need your input to derive the...
2010-03-14
1,714 reads
Document, Document, Document
A while back I blogged about using Checklists , but there's another task you want to incorporate into your workflow - documentation....
2010-03-13
1,212 reads
Solving All Versus (Select All) SSRS End User Confusion
When developing reports that use Analysis Services as a data source end user can sometimes be confused about some of...
2010-03-12
516 reads
Business needs vs dirty reads
I have worked in many industries, but most of my time has been in the publishing industry. For those not...
2010-03-12
304 reads
Solving All Versus (Select All) SSRS End User Confusion
When developing reports that use Analysis Services as a data source end user can sometimes be confused about some of...
2010-03-12
3,702 reads
Blogs
Lift and shift vs modernizing your data warehouse
By James Serra
If you are migrating a data warehouse, there is a question worth asking before...
Power BI Fun With Travels
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I’m back from a great vacation. I had the chance to visit two new...
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
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Question of the Day
PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Tables
Which of the following psql meta commands (also called backslash or slash commands) will provide information about tables within a database?
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