When Things That Are Supposed to Protect You Try to Kill You
This past week I was presented with a very unique issue. A call came in with a production issue on...
2012-08-03
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Tim Radney - Database Professional
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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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
1,657 reads
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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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
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Car Update: August 2026
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Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
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An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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