Apology
I’ve been somewhat light in my blogging of late. Unfortunately, I just haven’t hit any interesting or difficult problems lately...
2009-12-22
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SSIS - Single Package Deployment from BIDs
I have read several articles about deploying SSIS packages.Most focus on using the deployment wizard or simply copying the files...
2009-12-22
2,059 reads
Getting Your Blog Started
I realized that I haven’t written enough recently on this blog myself, being occupied with other projects for work. Recently...
2009-12-22
747 reads
Sql Server- Difference between Stored Procedure and Function
In Sql Server, both functions and stored procedures can be defined as the logically grouping of Sql statements formed to...
2009-12-22
2,186 reads
The Exceptional DBA’s Code of Conduct
This is a reprint of chapter 11 of my book, How to Become an Exceptional DBA, 2nd Edition, which is...
2009-12-21
737 reads
Give Your Employees Business Cards
I was reminded of this again recently during a class when the students exchanged cards and one student didn’t have...
2009-12-21
629 reads
A Busy/Accidental DBA’s Guide to Managing VLFs
Introduction
Properly managing VLFs can make or break the performance of your databases. There is a ton of information out there...
2009-12-21
885 reads
Two Tools For Discovering Hardware Information About Your Servers
One thing that I think is very important for a successful DBA to be aware of is their hardware environment. ...
2009-12-21
1,312 reads
Great Resource On SQL Server Wait Types
Microsoft's Bob Ward has updated his blog post about documenting SQL Server wait types, that came out of his work...
2009-12-21
932 reads
Webcast: SQL Server 2008 R2 Support for Up to 256 Logical Processors
If you are a low-level, bare-metal type of SQL Server geek, you will probably enjoy watching this 60 minute webcast...
2009-12-21
659 reads
Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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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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