My Adventures with the SQL 2005 Security Cache
Introduction
For that past couple of months I have been chasing performance issues with one of the most high profile servers...
2010-03-09
514 reads
Solid State Drive Performance Hands-On: Part 1
(Punch it, Hurb
Yo, I don't think we should talk about this
Come on, why not?
People might misunderstand what...
2010-03-09
2,010 reads
Buying a Second Seat on the Plane
Saw this article about more elbow room, the premise being that is it is often cheaper to buy a second...
2010-03-09
360 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #004: IO -- Where Are My TempDB Objects?
T-SQL Tuesday #004: IO -- Where Are My TempDB Objects?
This blog entry is participating in T-SQL Tuesday #004, hosted this month...
2010-03-09
1,471 reads
Blog Anniversary
Two years old. In March of 2008 I received a whopping 96 visits. I’m up to 1900 so far this...
2010-03-09
539 reads
IO IO IO
Once again it is that time. It is TSQL Tuesday. This time it is being hosted by Mike Walsh. Mike...
2010-03-09
1,383 reads
TSQL Tuesday #4: IO
“IO IO, It’s off to disk we go!” was in Mike Walsh’s blog post that introduced this TSQL Tuesday and...
2010-03-09
578 reads
T-SQL Tuesday – I/O Fallacies
It’s time for the March T-SQL Tuesday and this month Mike Walsh picked the topic. It’s I/O and you can...
2010-03-09
471 reads
An Introduction to Data Compression in SQL Server 2008
This is an excerpt from my free eBook, Brad’s Sure Guide to SQL Server 2008.
There is one thing every...
2010-03-09
1,290 reads
Taking Advantage of SQL Server Tools
Reprinted from my editorial in Database Weekly.
An important question I think you should be asking yourself, when it comes to...
2010-03-09
353 reads
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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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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