Setup a Database Snapshot
I have been tinkering lately with database snapshots and I thought the subject warranted a short post on the subject....
2010-02-23
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Self-Managed Oracle Databases – Good or Bad ?!
Should we as DBAs be worried that we will become surplus to requirements if Oracle continues to enhance its capabilities to deliver a self-managing...
2010-02-23
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Database Weekly Week
I used to build the Database Weekly newsletter and write the editorial every week. It was a chore, and it’s...
2010-02-23
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Viewing Missing Indexes in Management Studio 2005
If you’ve used SQL Server 2008 Management Studio (SSMS 2008), you may have noticed that Microsoft added a pretty neat...
2010-02-23
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MVP Summit Review
I was lucky enough to attend the MVP Summit held last week in Redmond and Bellevue. I attended the Summit...
2010-02-23
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Day 1 - Pragmatic Works Webinar Series
WOW – what a great turnout for our webinar series today. We had two sessions on Monday, looking for some great...
2010-02-23
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Why doesn’t my Intellisense work?
After yesterdays’ webinar, we got a lot of great feedback and questions. Once of the more common questions was around...
2010-02-23
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IntelliSense Slow to Refresh
IntelliSense in SQL Server 2008 can sometimes not be very intelligent. It’s there to help you can sometimes cause more...
2010-02-23
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Quest POTW Webcast on SQL Injection Now Available
Back a couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of participating in a Pain of the Week webcast with Kevin...
2010-02-23
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What Would You Do? Management Scenario #1
I’m in the early stages of a book on managing and I’m starting to look for situations that might trigger...
2010-02-23
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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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Building a Support Ticket Triage Report with IIF() and CHOOSE() in SQL Server
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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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