Slow Blogging
Sorry, I’ve been travelling for three weeks and, except for the posts around the PASS Summit, I’ve been blogging very...
2009-11-23
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The Scary DBA
Record of a PSS Call
Not everyone has the opportunity to call Microsoft Premier Support. For those who have not yet had this experience, I’ll...
2009-11-17
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Proof
SQL Rockstar tells me that unless there are photo’s, it didn’t happen. Brad McGehee published some pictures from DevConnections. See,...
2009-11-17
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I have a Tag
That’s a Microsoft Tag. I’m not quite sure what exactly to do with it, but here it is. Evidently you’re...
2009-11-17
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Dev Connections Recap
Last week I attended the Dev Connections conference for the first time. It was held in the Mandalay Bay resort...
2009-11-17
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SQL Connections
I’m flying off to the SQL Server Magazine Connections part of DevConnections in Las Vegas later this afternoon. I’m presenting...
2009-11-10
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Geek of the Week
I made geek of the week. I’m sorry, but I’m excited by that. I’m very proud to be a geek....
2009-11-06
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PASS Summit 2009 Day 3
The day started off with a mixed bag. First we had an honestly tearful farewell with Wayne Snyder saying goodbye to...
2009-11-06
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PASS Summit 2009 Key Note 3
Dr. David DeWitt
“I’m not a doctor.” This is going to be good. “From 1 to 1000 MIPS” He’s doing great....
2009-11-05
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PASS Summit 2009 Key Note 2
Patrick Ortiz from Dell, the platinum sponsor for the PASS Summit.
The goal will be to discuss the Dell Microsoft Practice,...
2009-11-05
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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
Disclosure: this post may contain links to books as an affiliate link. If you...
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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL,...
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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