Cumulative Update – 11 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !
The 11thcumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 is now available for download at the Microsoft...
2013-02-19
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Calculate Bitmasks In PowerShell
Have you ever had to calculate bitmasks on the fly? I have and still do. In this post, I’m going to show...
2013-02-19
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Using Team Foundation Service
Team Foundation Service (TFS) is the “cloud” version of Team Foundation Server 2012. Up to 5 users are free, plus for a...
2013-02-19
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A Month of PowerShell – Day 19 (Databases: Scalar Functions)
Welcome to Day 19 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-19
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Keep VMware snapshot growth from wrecking your day
VM snapshots are the best individualization feature since sliced vBread (yeah, I’m a geek). But…have you ever had a VMware snapshot grow...
2013-02-19
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Multitasking A Ridiculous Workload – How I Do It
I don’t! There’s no such thing as multitasking. At least, not how most of us think about it……
Being successful as...
2013-02-19
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The Performance Impact to Prefix Stored Procedures with sp_
Last week I ran across a blog post by Axel Achten (B|T) that outlined a few reasons why you should...
2013-02-19
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SQL Server – Finding out Database creation time
Finding database creation time is simple if database has not been detached from server. You can find database creation time...
2013-02-19
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SQL Saturday #198, Vancouver, BC Session Files
This past weekend was SQL Saturday #198 in Vancouver, B.C. It started off with a leisurely drive up to Vancouver...
2013-02-19
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Webcast “Value of Performing Wait Analysis” This Week with Pragmatic Works
Ever have your SQL Server slow down for reasons that you can’t explain? Or did you spend all night tuning...
2013-02-18
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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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