Speaking in Cambridge, England March 24, 2010
If you are near Cambridge, England, I will be speaking at the Cambridge SQL Server Users Group on Wednesday, March...
2010-02-25
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SQLBits 6 to Be Held in London, April 16, 2010
The upcoming SQLBits 6, to be held Friday, April 16, 2010, will be held at the Church House Conference Centre...
2010-02-25
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Why Do My SQL 2008 Compressed Backups Shrink?
Introduction
Recently a coworker was doing some research with SQL 2008 Backup Compression on a very large database. During the testing...
2010-02-25
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Editorial - “Dude, Your Fly Is Open”
In case you don’t subscribe to the SQL Server Central daily newsletter, check out the editorial I wrote entitled “Dude,...
2010-02-25
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Renaming a Standalone Instance of SQL Server
I needed to upgrade the underlying IO subsystem of one of my IO intensive SQL Servers. After some discussion with...
2010-02-25
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I’m Attending the South Florida Code Camp on February 27, 2010
I’m driving down tomorrow for the sixth annual South Florida Code Camp. This will be my third time attending and...
2010-02-25
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Day 4 - Pragmatic Works Webinar Series
Hey gang !
I’m presenting today at 1pm on Zero to Cube in 60 minutes. We’re going to build an analysis...
2010-02-25
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The Journey from Smart to Good
“It’s easier to be smart than good.”
I heard that quote in a recent sermon at church and it is one...
2010-02-25
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The Apples and Oranges of Training
SQL Server Training is out there in all sorts of formats, price points and quality. It's time to look at...
2010-02-25
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Growing the Pool of SQL Speakers – Part 2
About a week ago I wrote Part 1, and got some interesting feedback (which I appreciate). Today I want to...
2010-02-25
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Blogs
Automated SQL Server Benchmarking with HammerDB and Docker: A Complete Testing Framework
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
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Squared Values
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