Lock Pages in Memory in SQL Server on VMware – Why or Why Not
Two weeks ago I presented my session entitled “Squeezing Top Performance from Your Virtualized SQL Server” at the SQL PASS...
2013-11-12 (first published: 2013-11-04)
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Technobabble by Klee from @kleegeek
Virtualization for SQL Server DBAs – New SQL Saturday Pre-Con Session
Today I am officially announcing the launch of my first all-day SQL Saturday Pre-Conference training session entitled “Virtualization for SQL...
2013-10-30
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SQL PASS Summit 2013 – Simply Amazing
This past week I attended my third SQL PASS Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina. All I can say is – WOW....
2013-10-28
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Attending the SQL PASS Summit?
Are you attending the SQL PASS Summit conference in Charlotte, NC this week? If so, let’s meet up! If not,...
2013-10-15
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #227 Charleston this weekend
I am proud to be selected to speak at this weekend’s first ever SQL Saturday in Charleston, SC. I am...
2013-10-11
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SQL Saturday #190 Denver Wrap Up
I must admit… Denver is my favorite town in this country. The outdoor things to do, the wide variety of...
2013-09-30
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Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2 Enhancements That DBAs Should Care About
The last couple of months have shown that the hypervisor battles for bigger, faster, and smoother are still heated and...
2013-10-02 (first published: 2013-09-26)
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VMware vSphere 5.5 Enhancements That DBAs Should Care About
Last month at VMworld, VMware announced the upcoming release of their virtualization suite, vSphere 5.5. As you all know, I...
2013-09-23
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SQL Saturday #191 Kansas City was Great
This past weekend I presented a preview of my SQL PASS Summit spotlight session entitled “Squeezing Top Performance From Your...
2013-09-16
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Upcoming SQL Saturday Sessions
September is a wild month for me! This Saturday, September 14th, I will be at Kansas City’s next SQL Saturday #191...
2013-09-12
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Art, Part 4: Happy...
Is Fabric a Reliable Service or a Ripped Resource?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Is Fabric a Reliable Service...
locking down agent for new user on our dev machine
hi , a new user wants to be able to add sql agent jobs...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers