LiveWriter
I’ve been experimenting a bit in the blogging world, setting up a few blog accounts and trying different services. I...
2008-10-13
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Post Event Notes on SQLSaturday #5 & SQLSaturday #9, and Future Plans
Thought I'd post these notes based on feedback from the event organizers, wasn't able to attend myself due to scheduling...
2008-10-13
543 reads
Back to 400
I had to research a bit, write some code, and look up things to answer questions this morning. I must...
2008-10-13
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Data Farming - Why Did I Write This?
I grew up in the Cold War, with real concern that the Russians would attack us someday. I wanted to...
2008-10-13
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SQL Server MVP
Can't say I ever expected to say this, but as of October 1st I'm a SQL Server MVP. A nice...
2008-10-13
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SQL Saturday in Olympia , WA Pulls in Crowd of over 130 DBAs and Developers
A SQL Saturday event was held Saturday, October 11, 2008 in Olympia, WA. Sponsored by the Olympia Area SQL Server...
2008-10-11
565 reads
One File Per Core?
For a long time in my career I heard various advice on how many files you should create for a...
2008-10-10
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Database Health - Why Did I Write This?
Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren
to write a bit about why I wrote something. I...
2008-10-10
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Do You Understand Microsoft Licenses?
I had an email from a friend recently asking about a licensing question pertaining to Microsoft. It reminded me of...
2008-10-09
543 reads
Tulsa TechFest Draws a Crowd of Over 500
The annual Tulsa TechFest (Tulsa, OK) had over 500 attendees today (Thursday), and is expecting another 500+ attendees on Friday....
2008-10-09
446 reads
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...
Forums
AI Experience Gap that we keep talking about
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Question of the Day
Squared Values
What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
SELECT SQUARE('12') See possible answers