New Laptop
Due to arrive from China today. I got a shipping notice of 2nd day shipping from Lenovo last week, but...
2010-02-08
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T-SQL Speed Phreakery Explained
If you haven't seen the Simple-Talk newsletter (it's free, so sign up!) you may not have seen my article on...
2010-02-08
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South Florida Geek Golf
Scott Klein has put together the first annual Geek Golf event. Scheduled for May 8th, 2010, it’s being held at...
2010-02-08
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Attending SQLSaturday #33 in Charlotte, NC
Just booked the travel, going up the afternoon of March 5th and returning on an early evening flight on the...
2010-02-08
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Next Step for the One Laptop Per Child Project
I’ve been a fan of the OLPC project, even buying to raffle off at an event just so I could...
2010-02-08
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Some Initial Insert Test Benchmarks on SQL Server 2008 R2
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I have been following along as Paul Randal has been...
2010-02-07
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SQL Server Storage
This is a short post on SQL Server storage best practice and what i have learned over the years… Much...
2010-02-07
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SQL Server Waits and Queues
Useful link. This is a great best practice article/white paper from Tom Davidson and Danny Tambs.
The word document (880kb) can...
2010-02-07
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Service Broker, Triggers, CLR. and SSIS Threading Framework
I have been trying for a few days to implement a Service Broker implementation to, service the threading framework I...
2010-02-07
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Evolving Backups
I saw a post recently from my fellow Red Gate-er, Brad McGeHee, on backups. Brad’s got a ton of experience...
2010-02-07
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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