I’m a Pain
Or maybe I’m misreading that I’m supposed to be helping to alleviate pain. Either way, next Thursday, June 17, I’ll be...
2010-06-10
555 reads
The Scary DBA
PASS 2010 Submissions
Since all the cool kids seem to be posting the sessions that they submitted to the PASS Summit, nerd that...
2010-06-09
814 reads
Buy vs. Build
It’s the classic question faced by everyone in Information Services. I know how to do this and I could build...
2010-05-28
1,607 reads
Slick New Software
I’m lazy. And frankly, I’m not ashamed to admit it. When a software comes along that can do the work...
2010-05-24
1,289 reads
Recompiles and Constant Learning
When faced with a procedure that looks like this:
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.TestProc (@TestValue INT)
AS
BEGIN
IF @TestValue = 1
BEGIN
SELECT *
FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
JOIN Sales.SalesOrderDetail...
2010-05-11
776 reads
PASS Summit, Kilt Wednesday
Last year at the PASS Summit we held a silly little event called Kilt Wednesday. Only three people took part,...
2010-04-27
1,404 reads
PASS Summit Content Survey Results
The results of a survey conducted by the PASS organization have been posted (thanks to the Board for all their...
2010-04-22
635 reads
SQL Server Standard: Volume 7, Issue 3
FINALLY!
It’s not like Don Gabor had the article done in January or anything…oh wait. He did have the article done...
2010-04-21
699 reads
SQL Saturday #39, New York, New York
A town so big they named it twice.
If you’re not excited about SQL Saturday in NYC this weekend… why not?...
2010-04-20
520 reads
Powershell Script for Verifying Space
First let me say, I know my Powershell skills are sub-par. I’m working on it. Slowly but surely. That said,...
2010-04-19
1,208 reads
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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