Pre-Compiled Stored Procedures: Fact or Myth
There’s a very common belief among DBA’s: Stored procedures are pre-compiled. I had someone tell me all about it just...
2009-09-30
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The Scary DBA
Minor Celebration
A little cheap thrill for me. I passed 50,000 views on the blog yesterday. Thanks to everyone who has stopped...
2009-09-30
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Vote for Mr. LaRock
It is rapidly coming up on election time at the Professional Association of SQL Server users (PASS). Once more, a person...
2009-09-29
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Recap of Cape Cod .NET User’s Group
I presented last night at the Cape Cod .NET User’s Group. What a great bunch of people. About 20 people...
2009-09-24
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PASS Virtual Chapters
If you’re not a member of the Professional Association of SQL Server users, PASS, why not? No, I’m sorry. I...
2009-09-23
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Presentation Skills from Brent Ozar
If you present at any level, read this. If you’re thinking about presenting, read this. If you’d like to start...
2009-09-23
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Cape Cod .NET Users Group
Tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 23, I’m going to present on “Best Practices for Working with SQL Server Execution Plans” for the...
2009-09-22
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Gila Monster on Estimated vs. Actual Row Counts
I don’t generally do lots of blog aggregation and cross post linking & stuff. It’s just not something I’m that into....
2009-09-22
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Identifying Frequently Running Queries
It’s not enough to look at the longest running query. What if you have two queries, one runs for 5...
2009-09-21
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More Free Training
Quest Connect 2009, taking place in October 21 for 24 hours, looks like it’s going to have 64 different sessions, live...
2009-09-15
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Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
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SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
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