I've been published on Simple-Talk.
I am excited to say I have been published on Simple-Talk. This was my first foray into being professionally edited. I...
2010-02-08
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Recent Speaking
Ok Guys and Gals. I know I have been a slow blogger thus far in 2010. To try and make...
2010-02-08
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Speaking about Indexing
I'll be presenting two sessions this week (February 9 and 11, 2010), both on SQL Server Indexing. The first is...
2010-02-08
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New Laptop
Due to arrive from China today. I got a shipping notice of 2nd day shipping from Lenovo last week, but...
2010-02-08
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T-SQL Speed Phreakery Explained
If you haven't seen the Simple-Talk newsletter (it's free, so sign up!) you may not have seen my article on...
2010-02-08
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South Florida Geek Golf
Scott Klein has put together the first annual Geek Golf event. Scheduled for May 8th, 2010, it’s being held at...
2010-02-08
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Attending SQLSaturday #33 in Charlotte, NC
Just booked the travel, going up the afternoon of March 5th and returning on an early evening flight on the...
2010-02-08
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Next Step for the One Laptop Per Child Project
I’ve been a fan of the OLPC project, even buying to raffle off at an event just so I could...
2010-02-08
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Some Initial Insert Test Benchmarks on SQL Server 2008 R2
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I have been following along as Paul Randal has been...
2010-02-07
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SQL Server Storage
This is a short post on SQL Server storage best practice and what i have learned over the years… Much...
2010-02-07
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Blogs
Project Management – Part 1
By Vinay Thakur
The soul of project management is Process Group(PG) and Knowledge Area(KA). they are related...
Install SQL Server 2025 Container on macOS Using OrbStack
My old Dell XPS that I used for personal stuff started to degrade; well,...
Flyway Tips: Immediate Code Review for Developers
By Steve Jones
At the Redgate Summits this year, we’ve highlighted a few things in the Flyway...
Forums
Impact of Single-Threaded PVS Cleanup on ADR in SQL Server 2019
We want to enable ADR on our SQL Server 2019 instances. I’ve heard that...
Forward Deployed Engineers
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TRY_PARSE vs TRY_CONVERT in SQL Server: From Basics to Practical Usage
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Question of the Day
DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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