Chicago: The Travels of a SQL Server Consultant
As regular readers of my blog will now as part of role as a SQL Server consultant and SQL Server...
2012-11-29
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Plan cache bloat by SQLAgent (Prior to SQL2008) !
Recently I was checking the plan cache utilization with the help of the below query which I normally use for...
2012-12-05 (first published: 2012-11-29)
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NY SQL Server User Group Meeting - Bill Pearson
Thursday, November 29, 2012, brings us the November
meeting of the NY SQL
Server User Group, with BI expert, SQL MVP and...
2012-11-28
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Significant Achievements
As a few of you know, I took the Microsoft Certified Master (MCM): SQL Server 2008 lab at this year’s...
2012-11-28
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HDInsight: First Pass
I installed HDInsight with no errors. The install is so brain-dead, I couldn’t see how there could be errors. But,...
2012-11-28
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The Last DBCC CHECKDB Date and Restores
I ran across a question on Twitter recently where someone asked about the DBCC CHECKDB date after a restore. For...
2012-11-28
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysreferences
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-28
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New Toy: The Brydge iPad Keyboard – Updated
Finally a REAL keyboard for my iPad!
I can’t tell you how long I’ve wanted a real keyboard that my iPad...
2012-11-28
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WIT Wednesday
On the fourth Wednesday of each month, the Women in Technology Virtual Chapter of PASS has its monthly conference call...
2012-11-28
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Differential Restore Fail
We have all heard that backup is not complete until you test it by restoring it. We also know that part of a DR plan involves the testing of...
2012-11-28
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Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
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Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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