PASS Elections
There are a lot of things I’d like to say about the PASS elections. I was on vacation last week...
2010-08-23
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The Scary DBA
Viva Las Vegas!
I won’t be going to Las Vegas, but I will be presenting to the Las Vegas SQL Server Users Group,...
2010-08-11
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24 Hours of PASS: Summit Preview
Registration is open for the second 24 Hours of PASS this year. This one is going to be a preview...
2010-08-11
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A Milestone
I just passed 100,000 views on the blog. That’s from 400 posts over a period of time starting in March...
2010-08-01
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Powershell Remoting with SQL Server
One of the best things to come out with Powershell V2 is remoting and asynchronous calls. Between the two of...
2010-07-27
1,581 reads
SQL University: Introduction to Indexes, Part the Third
Nice to see most of you have managed to fight your way through the shoggoths outside to attend another lecture...
2010-07-23
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SQL University: Introduction to Indexes, Part the Second
Welcome once more to the Miskatonic branch of SQL University. Please try to concentrate. I realize the whipoorwills singing outside...
2010-07-21
672 reads
SQL University: Introduction to Indexes, Part the First
Right, all eldritch tomes are to be closed and Elder Signs are to be put away during this course.
Welcome to...
2010-07-19
758 reads
Steve Jones to Run for PASS Board
I couldn’t hide the lead. Steve Jones (blog|twitter) has announced he’s running for the PASS board. I’m excited. I’m almost as...
2010-07-16
948 reads
SQL University: Introduction to Indexes
For some crazy reason (probably everyone is on vacation), Jorge Segarra (blog|twitter) who runs SQL University has asked me to...
2010-07-16
547 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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