Support from Atlanta MDF
I have recently been notified that my neighboring SQL PASS Chapter Atlanta MDF will be sponsoring SQL Saturday 167 in...
2012-07-22
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Tim Radney - Database Professional
Redirecting a page on WordPress
WordPress creates a unique link for each of your post. They are broken out with your URL then YYYY / MM...
2012-07-22
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Talent Shift
Today a friend Kevin Edward Kline announced he was joining SQL Sentry. Last week Kevin announced his intent to leave...
2012-07-16
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IOPS verses Throughput – Measuring Performance of Your Storage
Working on a recent consulting job, I was asked to explain the difference in throughput, which is, measured in MB/s...
2012-07-06
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File Extensions for SQL Server Database Files
I was reading an article over the weekend where the author pointed out that the standard naming convention for SQL...
2012-06-18
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One week after #sqlsat132
It has been nearly one week since SQL Saturday 132 in Pensacola Florida. I was chosen to give my talk...
2012-06-15
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SQL Saturday #167 – Columbus GA
The Columbus GA SQL Users Group will be hosting their first ever SQL Saturday on September 8th 2012 at Columbus...
2012-05-31
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Turn on Instant File Initialization for SQL Server Performance – With Video Demo
Without Instant File Initialization turned on, each time a data file on SQL Server 2005 and above is created or...
2012-05-31
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Turn on Instant File Initialization for SQL Server Performance
Without Instant File Initialization turned on, each time a data file on SQL Server 2005 and above is created or...
2012-05-30
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SQL Server – Cannot resolve collation conflict
A friend of mine contacted me through email today having a very common problem with a query he had written....
2012-05-25
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Blogs
What’s New at AWS re:Invent 2025 – Day 1 Highlights
Day 1 is an absolute thrill at re:Invent! I normally dedicate this dynamic day...
Running SQL Server on KubeVirt – Getting Started
With all the changes that have happened with VMware since the Broadcom acquisition I...
Why is shrinking IT budgets a good thing?
Each year around this time, companies enter the familiar ritual of budgeting. For many,...
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Adding a Lot of Seconds
When does this code work and when does it fail?
DECLARE @BaseDate DATETIME = '1900-01-01'; SELECT DATEADD(SECOND, 2147483648, @BaseDate) AS [MaxIntSecondsAdded];See possible answers