April 2013 Events
April is going to be a fantastic month! I am slated to have quite a few speaking and training opportunities...
2013-03-22
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Technobabble by Klee from @kleegeek
Database Health and Performance at SQLSaturday Detroit
Today I had the pleasure of speaking at the inaugural SQL Saturday event in Detroit, MI. I spoke on one of my...
2013-03-16
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Cleaning orphaned SIDs after a SQL Server VM template deployment
A few weeks ago (or longer, I’m behind on email again) Nate Palm (LinkedIn) messaged me after the most recent...
2013-03-13 (first published: 2013-03-11)
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Speaking at SQL Saturday Detroit on March 16
Ahhh – Motor City. What a fun place to start my 2013 SQL Saturday rounds! Detroit, here I come! You all...
2013-03-07
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SQL Server 2012 on Microsoft Surface Pro
I received my long-awaited Microsoft Surface Pro 128GB yesterday! The first thing I did was to promptly install SQL Server...
2013-03-05
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Check out IT Central Station
If you get some time, head on out to IT Central Station.com. You can provide some valuable feedback on the...
2013-02-28
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Thanks to my session attendees
To all of the wonderful attendees to both the VMware Partner Exchange SQL Server on VMware VBCA boot camp on...
2013-02-27
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Microsoft Azure is faster than Amazon
I just read a great article on NetworkWorld that demonstrates that Microsoft’s Azure outperforms most tests against Amazon’s AWS. That’s great...
2013-02-22
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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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Slides for today’s PASS Virtualization Webinar Now Available
I had a great time in delivering the SQL PASS Virtualization virtual chapter session today on ‘Squeezing the most performance...
2013-02-13
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: AI Alert Analysis
By Steve Jones
We keep adding new AI capabilities to Redgate Monitor, where it makes sense. Check...
From SQL Saturday to Day of Data
By ReviewMyDB
A behind-the-scenes look at Day of Data Jacksonville 2026, the transition from SQL Saturday,...
PostgreSQL 18 Finally Makes BUFFERS the Default. Here Is Why That Matters
You run EXPLAIN ANALYZE on a slow query, stare at the plan, and something...
Forums
Install SQL Scripts via GUI Wizard
Hallo all! My problem is this: I have quite a bunch of TSQL scripts...
Converting Money
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non ascii columns in a utf-8 .txt file
hi, we couldnt get our upstream data source developers to supply what is sometimes...
Question of the Day
Converting Money
Does this run successfully on a SQL Server 2022, US English default installation?
DECLARE @YenAmount MONEY; SET @YenAmount = ¥1500; SELECT @YenAmount AS RawValue;See possible answers