T-SQL Tuesday #10 - Indexes
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again, the brainchild of Adam Machanic (Blog|Twitter), and this month’s topic is Indexes. A thanks...
2010-09-14
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Task Manager - Don't Believe the System Idle Process Percentage
This morning my laptop went to a crawl. I looked, and sure enough, there was an AntiVirus scan running. Argh!...
2010-09-14
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The SQLSaturday Squirrel
A bit of mid week humor. Recently I met up with Jack Corbett to review our room options for SQLSaturday...
2010-09-14
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Common SQL Server Mistakes - Shrinking Databases
I don’t like there being an easy command to shrink databases, and I especially don’t like seeing the shrink option...
2010-09-14
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SQL Bloggers – Build Your Brand And Sponsor SQLSaturday #49
As you may know we like to try new stuff here in Orlando, and this is another new thing. I’ve...
2010-09-13
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Quote of the Day
I do not usually post a quote of the day but since this is my own quote I decided to...
2010-09-13
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Tip: Use System Views to Compare Column Datatypes
Let’s say that you have a staging table, that then loads to a destination table in the same database. If...
2010-09-13
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T-12d till SQL Saturday #52 (CO)
SQL Saturday: All the COOL kids are doing it!
It’s only twelve days until SQL Saturday #52 in Colorado! I’ll be...
2010-09-13
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Space Coast User Group Recap
I had the pleasure of making my second annual September visit to the Space Coast SQL Server User Group in...
2010-09-13
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SQL Saturday #52 - Colorado
I will be speaking at SQL Saturday #52 - Colorado in a little less than two weeks. I am giving my...
2010-09-13
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Backing Up a DMK
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