Tip: RECOVERY_PENDING is not the same as RECOVERING
I’ve seen this mistake more than once, from DBAs with a middling to fair amount of experience. So it bears repeating....
2014-09-08
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I'm Speaking at SQL Saturday 300 - Kansas City and a Few Questions About SQL Saturdays!
This is just a short update. I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Kansas City! I really hope to see...
2014-09-08
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 41
Ah, an interesting week for registrations. We’ve jumped to 426 registered, making my goal of 500 doable. The jump is...
2014-09-08
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Better Presentations–Fonts
This is part of a series of tips for speakers to make your presentations better.
Please, please, please, learn how to set...
2014-09-08
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Parameterization Part 4: Handling Non-Uniform Data Distribution
This is the fourth post in the “Parameterization” series. In the previous post I wrote about parameter sniffing, and I...
2014-09-11 (first published: 2014-09-08)
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Find Out Which Indexes are on which Filegroups using PowerShell And How To Find Other Information
A short post today to pass on a script I wrote to fulfil a requirement I had.
Which indexes are on...
2014-09-07
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Silicon Valley is a different world
I spent the last couple days at Flowcon 2014, a conference that is bringing people together to talk about growing...
2014-09-05
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Reblog: August 29 to September 4
Photo credit – Travis
Ever go digging through your backyard for dinosaur bones? Maybe not, but it’s worthwhile from time to time...
2014-09-05
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Database Free Space Monitoring – The right way
Lately I spent some time evaluating some monitoring tools for SQL Server and one thing that struck me very negatively...
2014-09-05
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Speaker of the Month: September 2014
This month I’m very grateful because I was given the opportunity to present at DevLink in Chattanooga. I got to...
2014-09-05
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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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