PASS Summit Birds of a Feather Lunch
The absolute biggest part of the PASS Summit is the one thing that most people don’t take advantage of, networking....
2010-10-13
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The Scary DBA
SQL Saturday New England: The New Date
The real world can get in the way of important things like SQL Saturday. In the case of SQL Saturday...
2010-10-12
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SQL Saturday New England: The Date
Mark your calendars. Make your travel arrangements. Plan on being in the Boston area on April 16th, 2011. Three of...
2010-10-05
543 reads
SQL Saturday in New England
Adam Machanic (blog|twitter) has put on a SQL Saturday/Data camp event in New England for the last two years. I’ve...
2010-10-04
396 reads
How to Tell if Execution Plans are Reused
I try to watch the search phrases that point people to the blog because sometimes, you get a sense of...
2010-10-04
446 reads
Parameter Name Size And Performance
I saw an odd statement the other day, “The size of the name of the parameter does not affect performance.”...
2010-09-27
1,029 reads
SQL Saturday 46 (#sqlsat46) Recap
I was privileged to be able to attend and present at SQL Saturday 46 in Raleigh, NC, this last weekend....
2010-09-20
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Links From Twitter
Normally, I try to stick to posting technical info or community stuff on the blog, but there were a couple...
2010-09-07
569 reads
Recursive Hiearchies in Reporting Services
I am not a Reporting Services guru and nor do I play one on TV. I am however forced to...
2010-09-03
2,654 reads
Upcoming Presentations: #24HOP & #SQLSAT46
Blogging has been a bit quiet of late. That’s because I’ve been spending a lot my spare time getting ready...
2010-08-30
765 reads
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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