TSQL Tuesday: Why Are DBA Skills Necessary
Quote: “Database stuff, all this programming stuff, is easy. Anyone can do it. That’s why everyone in the company has sa...
2010-11-02
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The Scary DBA
SQLServerPedia Awards
Right, I said I wouldn’t compete, but I can’t help pointing out that I’m pretty proud of this particular blog...
2010-11-01
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More Voting
As if the US Election and SQL Rally voting were not enough (and have you voted yet for the SQL...
2010-11-01
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Get Out The Vote
It’s actually kind of cool that SQL Rally voting for the pre-conference seminars and voting in the real(ish) world in...
2010-10-31
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Scary DBA Halloween Special
Not so much my special as SQL Saturday #59's Special. These guys in NYC are pulling out all the stops....
2010-10-29
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PASS Summit Blogging
During the PASS Summit I have again been given the opportunity to keep my laptop plugged in… as long as...
2010-10-28
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Writing Opportunities
Are you looking for opportunities to show off your elite writing skills and consumate SQL Server knowledge? Want a chance...
2010-10-28
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SQL Rally: Performance Tuning Abstract
I get the call, you get the call, everyone gets the call. “Hey, my app/procedure/query/report is running slow.” Now what...
2010-10-28
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Virtual Presentation Tomorrow
I’ll be presenting a practice run at one of my PASS Summit presentations, Identifying Common Performance Problems using Execution Plans,...
2010-10-27
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SQL Rally: One Day on Query Performance Tuning
The SQLRally, a new PASS initiative taking place in the spring, is going to be a community driven event. This...
2010-10-26
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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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