Shrinking Transaction Logs
I see questions on forums all the time about DBA’s or System Admins finding they are out of drive space...
2011-08-31
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Tim Radney - Database Professional
PASS Regional Mentor
Wow, how time flies by. It seems like just a month ago I was made the PASS Regional Mentor for...
2011-08-30
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Learning Transactional Replication
I have been working on a new skill this week and that is implementing transactional replication. I am of course...
2011-08-24
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Adding an Index to Save Space
Sounds weird right, but that is exactly what has happened with a VLDB I inherited. A third party database that...
2011-08-17
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Steel City SQL User Group
Tonight I will be doing a presentation on TEMPDB to the Steel City SQL Users Group in Birmingham AL. I...
2011-08-16
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If You Aren’t Measuring It, You Can’t Manage It
It sounds simple and logical doesn’t it. One could say it is common sense right? How many of us are...
2011-08-08
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Data Warehousing with SSIS
As a DBA why would I consider attending a pre-con by John Welch at SQL Saturday 89 titled Data Warehousing with...
2011-08-08
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I Am Going to Be a Big Brother #sqlpass #firsttimers
Well at the PASS Summit at least. The Summit is trying to make sure that all of our first timers...
2011-08-05
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Register for 24 Hours of PASS NOW! #sqlpass
Do you need to perfect your SQL Server skills? Would you like to get 24 hours of free SQL Server...
2011-08-03
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I deem September 2011 – SQL Server Month
If you haven’t visited the SQL Saturday website you should take a look. There are SEVEN events planned during September around...
2011-08-02
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Question of the Day
The Max PK Length
If I create a multiple column Primary Key constraint, what is the most number of bytes I can include in the constraint?
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