Review: Ghost of My Father
I finished reading Ghost of My Father by Scott Berkun over the holiday weekend. It’s an intense read about the...
2014-12-02
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More Notes From The PASSWatch Project And Thoughts on Transparency
It’s been just over two months since I wrote the first post for PASSWatch. I’m trying hard to keep PASSWatch...
2014-12-02
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Get Information on Current Traces Running
This is just a quick informational query to save as a snippet to get some quick information on running traces,...
2014-12-02
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T-SQL Tuesday #61 – Giving Back
The Season of Giving
The annual PASS Summit (otherwise known as the #SQLFamily reunion) is over. Here in the United States,...
2014-12-08 (first published: 2014-12-02)
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SQL Server 20082008 R22012 || Remove Node from failover cluster
Steps to remove node from failover cluster for SQL Server 2008 onwards :-
Note :-
a) Same process will be used to...
2014-12-02
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Creating Placeholder Files
I recently wrote about placeholders for disk space. While you can use any file, like large images, video, etc., I’ve...
2014-12-01
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #111
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-12-01
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SQLFamily.Org
Back in March 2013 I wrote We Need A Place For SQLFamily News after the death of the spouse of...
2014-12-01
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Exam Prep 70-463: Intro to Columnstore Indexes
This post is part of a series on this blog that will help me, and hopefully you, pass exam 70-463: Implementing...
2014-12-09 (first published: 2014-12-01)
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Using a date or int column as the clustered index.
The other day I was answering a question about clustered indexes and it lead indirectly to a twitter conversation on...
2014-12-08 (first published: 2014-12-01)
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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