Working on the Railroad
I work with a client that has an office about 25 yards from a train track and recently the railroad...
2011-02-14
608 reads
SQLAndy
Book Review: Packing for Mars
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach ($15 @ Amazon) is a ton of fairly interesting trivia about the space program, space...
2011-02-11
728 reads
Corporate Culture
One of the things I enjoy about work is seeing the various cultures that evolve. Some companies are rigid, some...
2011-02-10
1,359 reads
Work Goals for 2011-Part 2
It’s been a few weeks since I wrote my early thoughts on my goals for this year, and you can...
2011-02-09
790 reads
One Simple Doorstop
I saw an article in American Woodworker by Alan Lacer about making wooden doorstops and decided to try one. You...
2011-02-07
511 reads
PASS Update #52 (ERC)
We’re doing weekly calls for the ERC (election review committee) and we seem to be making some progress. This past...
2011-02-03
656 reads
Who Changed Jobs in 2010?
Linked in sent me an email saying that an astounding 209 of my connections changed jobs in 2010, out of...
2011-02-03
533 reads
A Mish Mash of Stuff
I don’t generally post bits of this and that, but I’ve accrued a few things that I wanted to share,...
2011-02-02
596 reads
PASS Update #51-Summit Site Selection
In November/December HQ requested that the Board to send in suggestions for possible sites for the 2013 PASS Summit. I...
2011-02-01
1,557 reads
PASS Update #50-January 2010 Board Meeting
This post is my thoughts on the Board meeting, and my views on related topics. I encourage you to read...
2011-01-31
1,947 reads
Blogs
The Challenge of Implicit Transactions: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I saw an article recently about implicit transactions and coincidentally, I had a friend...
SQL Server Is Slow – Part 2 of 4(?)
By Kevin3NF
The 10-Minute Outside-In Triage Don’t Blame SQL First It’s 9:05 AM and your helpdesk...
Local LLM Models at SQL Saturday Boston 2025
By Steve Jones
I’m starting a long trip at Boston this weekend. I’ll be there Saturday speaking,...
Forums
Changing the Recovery Time
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Changing the Recovery Time
Getting More Time from AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Getting More Time from AI
When Page Prefetching Takes a Back Seat – Exploring Trace Flag 652 in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item When Page Prefetching Takes a...
Question of the Day
Changing the Recovery Time
I want to change the recovery time for a database running on SQL Server 2022. What are my options for setting the value in my ALTER DATABASE statement. If I run this code, what can I use in place of the xxx to define what 12 means?
ALTER DATABASE Finance SET TARGET_RECOVERY_TIME = 12 xxx;See possible answers