Examining PFS, GAM and SGAM pages
Anyone who can interpret data and index pages will surely think about interpreting PFS, GAM and SGAM pages. I am...
2011-02-13
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I travel, I work, I EAT
As most of you know I am a consultant with Pragmatic Works, which requires me to travel a bit. During...
2011-02-12
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Presentation Slides For Hardware 201 at SQLSaturday #66 in Colorado Springs
I will be giving my Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Hardware for OLTP Performance presentation at SQLSaturday #66 at 1:30PM...
2011-02-12
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Get Well Trevor – Call to action!
Tim Ford, SQL MVP and all around Good Guy, has been having a really hard time so far in 2011....
2011-02-12
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Can You Dig It? – Find Estimated Cost
She can dig it!
D Sharon PruittIt’s the eighth post in the plan cache series. I hadn’t expect to take as...
2011-02-11
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A NULL Is Not Unknown
Like it or not, NULLs happen. I don’t think that’s I’ve ever seen a production database that didn’t have NULLs. I’m not arguing whether or not NULLs in a...
2011-02-11
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A NULL Is Not Unknown
Like it or not, NULLs happen. I don’t think that’s I’ve ever seen a production database that didn’t have NULLs.
Waiter,...
2011-02-11
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T-SQL Tuesday Topics – Feb 2011
I was looking for a static list of all the T-SQL Tuesday topics and couldn’t find one. The domain moves...
2011-02-11
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Un-SQL Friday #003: Show Some Love
Last week, I asked the Twitter hive-mind about its favorite tech companies: “Which SQL (or SQL-adjacent) tech companies are doing...
2011-02-11
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Book Review: Packing for Mars
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach ($15 @ Amazon) is a ton of fairly interesting trivia about the space program, space...
2011-02-11
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Blogs
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
By ReviewMyDB
Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident
By SQLPals
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...
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Hyperscale Replicas II
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