Why not play my cards?
Still no work on my laptop. It’s been over 24 hours since I left a message for the customer escalation...
2010-01-13
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Why not play my cards?
Still no work on my laptop. It’s been over 24 hours since I left a message for the customer escalation...
2010-01-13
720 reads
SQL Pass session evaluations
I finally got the last of my PASS Summit session evals and so, like someotherpeople, I thought I’d make them...
2010-01-13
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PASS 2009 Evaluation Results
The results are in, and I'm pleased, but not satisfied. I delivered a brand new session called Gather SQL Server...
2010-01-13
413 reads
Connections Sessions Evals
I’ve kind of been embarassed to post these despite the fact that I received them a couple of weeks ago....
2010-01-13
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How to Use SQL Backup Inside a Maintenance Plan
When you create a SQL Server Maintenance Plan using the Maintenance Plan Wizard or the Maintenance Plan Designer, the SQL...
2010-01-13
1,616 reads
Be Security Smart on Haiti Earthquake
Not surprisingly, there are already vultures looking to take advantage of the tragic earthquake in Haiti for their own financial...
2010-01-13
899 reads
Tally Table - String Cleaning
Overview
This is something that most people eventually need for reporting purposes. This function uses a Tally table to 'clean' a...
2010-01-13
4,203 reads
The Advantage of GUIDs
I never liked GUIDs, not really using them in most of my development until I had a conversation many years...
2010-01-13
688 reads
Comments on the Bamboo Touch
I bought a Bamboo Touch over the holiday break, it’s a multi-touch pad with stylus. Easy install, basically plug in...
2010-01-13
896 reads
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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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