What PASS is to me #sqlpass
I found out about the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) in 2008 when I attended my first PASS Community Summit “SQL...
2014-09-29
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Tim Radney - Database Professional
4 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner
I was recently called out by Tim Costello on a blog series started by Mike Walsh. http://www.interworks.com/blogs/tcostello/2014/08/27/4-things-i-wish-i-knew-sooner-bi-consultant
The series calls for...
2014-09-02
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An error occurred while executing batch. Error message is: Arithmetic Overflow
Recently an incident came across my desk where an end user was receiving an error trying to retrieve some records...
2014-07-31
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Microsoft SQL Server “Most Valuable Professional” MVP
Today I received an email notifying me that I have been awarded the Microsoft “MVP” award. An excerpt from Microsoft’s...
2014-07-01
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I am speaking at the PASS Summit 2014
I am super excited to announce that I have been selected to speak at the 2014 PASS Summit. This is...
2014-06-25
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SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery Options
Working with Microsoft SQL Server for many years I have spent a lot of time discussing the importance of the...
2014-06-11 (first published: 2014-06-10)
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Know Backups and Know Restores – SQL Server Restores
A couple of years ago I put together a training session to demonstrate various types of backups and restores. The driving...
2014-05-19
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Making a Difference – #SQLFamily
When I started with the SQL Community I was first encourage to start blogging which I started in Sept of...
2014-05-12
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Using BMC Control-M to Automate Tasks
My largest client recently purchased BMC Control-M to use as our enterprise scheduler. Since this product went live in our...
2014-04-14 (first published: 2014-04-04)
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The Primary Filegroup Cannot be Backed Up as a File Backup
File Group backups are great when working with very large databases (VLDB’s) that have been partitioned. Typically when I come...
2014-03-31
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Blogs
Think Twice Before Enabling Fabric’s Inbound Network Protection
Fabric inbound network protection involves two tenant-level controls: Private Link and Block Public Internet...
Match the Model to the Task, Not the App: An Orchestrator-Worker Pattern in Python
Most apps that call an LLM send every request to the same model. That...
Advice I Like: Responsibility
By Steve Jones
“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...
Forums
AI Observability Challenges in FinOps as a DBA
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Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL
Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...
SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Agent Job Automated Change...
Question of the Day
Finding a Database Master Key
Where do I check for the existence of a Database Master Key (DMK) in SQL Server 2025?
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