Uninstalling Software (Sucks) and Why Computers Are Still Slow
I've just recently acquired a new laptop and my resolution is to install no software on it that I'm not...
2008-10-16
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What's Your Job Title?
As I travel and visit DBAs from around the United States, I am always surprised at the job titles DBA...
2008-10-16
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How Many Drive Letters Do You Use for SQL Server?
I was teaching a private class recently that had both DBA's and network types in the room, one of the...
2008-10-16
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Looking for Free Educational Events to Attend?
Every week, there are dozen of free educational events to attend throughout the United States. The sad part is that...
2008-10-15
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Big and Small - Why Did I Write This?
I've always been very concerned about where I work. Well, maybe not always, since early in my career I took...
2008-10-15
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Flyclear Revisited
Back in May I wrote about signing up for FlyClear as a way to save time travelling and in doing so,...
2008-10-14
526 reads
Financial Trust
I’m sure that the people at Mint and Thrive have people’s best interests at heart. They built services designed to...
2008-10-14
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Too Good at Data Analysis - Why Did I Write This?
The past few weeks have been a rough one all around the globe as economies aren't doing well. I studied...
2008-10-14
607 reads
Should I Run for the PASS Board of Directors?
I saw the recent Call for Nominations for the election this year, so the title of this post is only...
2008-10-13
522 reads
Double Posting
I think that it’s a great idea to keep a few blogs going, and separate out your thoughts in different...
2008-10-13
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Blogs
Automated SQL Server Benchmarking with HammerDB and Docker: A Complete Testing Framework
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
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Squared Values
What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
SELECT SQUARE('12') See possible answers