Give Your Employees Business Cards
I was reminded of this again recently during a class when the students exchanged cards and one student didn’t have...
2009-12-21
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A Busy/Accidental DBA’s Guide to Managing VLFs
Introduction
Properly managing VLFs can make or break the performance of your databases. There is a ton of information out there...
2009-12-21
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Two Tools For Discovering Hardware Information About Your Servers
One thing that I think is very important for a successful DBA to be aware of is their hardware environment. ...
2009-12-21
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Great Resource On SQL Server Wait Types
Microsoft's Bob Ward has updated his blog post about documenting SQL Server wait types, that came out of his work...
2009-12-21
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Webcast: SQL Server 2008 R2 Support for Up to 256 Logical Processors
If you are a low-level, bare-metal type of SQL Server geek, you will probably enjoy watching this 60 minute webcast...
2009-12-21
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Cumulative Update 7 For SQL Server 2005 SP3
Microsoft has announced the release of CU7 for SQL Server 2005 SP3, which is Build 4273. The link to request...
2009-12-21
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Cumulative Update 17 For SQL Server 2005 SP2
Microsoft has announced the release of CU17 for SQL Server 2005 SP2, which is Build 3356. The link to request...
2009-12-21
593 reads
SQLLunch Resources – Mining Nuggets from the Default Trace
I did my first SQLLunch today and it was fun. I don’t know how many attended, my last look was...
2009-12-21
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MySpace Using SSDs
Glenn Barry (blog, twitter) posted a note about MySpace using Fusion-IO PCi-E cards to replace hard drives in their systems....
2009-12-21
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Developer Stereotypes
It’s interesting to listen when DBA’s get together, there is always a story or two about the evil that developers...
2009-12-21
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Blogs
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...
How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server
By SQLPals
How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server ...
Forums
AI Experience Gap that we keep talking about
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Question of the Day
Squared Values
What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
SELECT SQUARE('12') See possible answers