Friday Reading 2017-06-23
The weather has been absolutely boiling here in Dublin all week, I’m dying for a cold beer! Anyway, whilst drinking...
2017-06-23
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The DBA Who Came In From The Cold
Persisting data in docker containers – Part One
Normally when I work with SQL instances within containers I treat them as throw-away objects. Any modifications that I make...
2017-06-29 (first published: 2017-06-21)
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Monday Coffee: SQL Saturday Dublin
Last weekend was SQL Saturday Dublin, and it was a good one.
My session on An introduction to SQL Server & Containers...
2017-06-19
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Friday Reading 2017-06-16
Been looking forward to this weekend for a while now as it’s SQLSaturday Dublin tomorrow. I did a lightening talk...
2017-06-16
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Changing default location for docker containers
A question that regularly comes up when I talk about containers is, “can you specify where the containers/images live on...
2017-06-22 (first published: 2017-06-14)
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GroupBy Conference – SQL Server & Containers
Morning all, busy week last week as I was lucky enough to have my session on SQL Server & Containers in...
2017-06-12
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Friday Reading 2017-06-09
Exciting day today as I’m presenting my first webinar on SQL Server & Containers in the GroupBy June conference! There’s a...
2017-06-09
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Identifying failed queries with extended events
Back to some core SQL this week and one of my favourite features, extended events.
Introduced in SQL Server 2008...
2017-06-07
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Monday Coffee – Lab Environments
Having a lab environment is an absolute must for any IT professional. You need somewhere that you can test out...
2017-06-05
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Friday Reading 2017-06-02
The weather in Dublin has reverted to type (aka rain) but hopefully we’ll get some sun this weekend! This week...
2017-06-02
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Blogs
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO
By SQLPals
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO The purpose...
5 SQL Tricks Worth Remembering Before You Close the Laptop
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Claude Context Window
By Arun Sirpal
Every Claude conversation has a context window. It is the total amount of text...
Forums
Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL, A Thank you message
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provisioning sql server via VMware Cloud Foundation
Hello, has anyone here ever provisioned and actually used an MS SQL Server with...
No More Deadlocks
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Question of the Day
No More Deadlocks
After detecting deadlocks in SQL Server 2025 and lowering the time threshold for detecting future issues, when does the Database Engine return to the 5s default interval?
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