New Book on Query Optimizer
Benjamin Nevarez (blog) has been working really hard on a book on the Query Optimizer. It just got finished in...
2010-10-26
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The Scary DBA
Another Must See Session
I can’t believe I missed this one in all the posts and recommendations I’ve been making about great sessions coming...
2010-10-25
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SQL Rally Voting
I received word over the weekend that my precon application had made it past committee and was now subject to...
2010-10-25
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Who You Learn From
Less than two weeks to go until the PASS Summit. I’m excited. I’ve managed to cram a ton of activities...
2010-10-25
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Kilt Day at the PASS Summit
Last year, with the infinite power at my disposal (read, zero), I declared Wednesday, Kilt Wednesday at the PASS Summit. It took...
2010-10-20
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
I’ve got a couple of more sessions before the big two at the PASS Summit. Tomorrow night, October 20th, I’ll...
2010-10-19
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Powershell is Really Easy… If you know what you’re doing
Sigh… I just spent almost a full work day trying to come up with, what turned out to be a...
2010-10-18
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Scary DBA Takes Over the World
Or, at least gets translated into Russian.
I realize I’m effectively a 10 year old, but, come on, HOW COOL IS...
2010-10-15
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Working the Door
You know those guys that work the door at clubs, seperating the wheat from the chaff, culling the herd, Choosing the Slain, sifting...
2010-10-14
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Speaking at SNESSUG
I’ll be presenting tonight at the Southern New England SQL Server Users Group (SNESSUG). The topic is “Using DMVs as...
2010-10-13
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
A Front Door for the DBA Team – AgentDBA UI
By Arun Sirpal
AgentDBA began as a command line. That suits one DBA on one server, but...
Cleaning Up Azure MS Defender Billing
By Steve Jones
I have a few Azure subscriptions, which are fairly small and not used that...
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