The Numbers Don’t Lie… Except When They Do
There are few things more reassuring for a data professional than having clean, consistent data to back up critical business...
2009-12-08
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December Patches
I note these for Database Weekly, but I haven’t blogged about them. A mistake on my part.
The December patches from...
2009-12-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #001 – Dates and Times
T-SQL Tuesday was started by Adam Machanic (@AdamMachanic) on his blog to encourage SQL Bloggers to share their tips and...
2009-12-08
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Age calculation with SQL Server
There seem to be many different methods being suggested to calculate an age in SQLServer. Some are quite complex but...
2009-12-08
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Fundamentals of Storage Systems – RAID and Hard Disk Reliability, Under the Covers
In the last RAID article we covered the basics. This is a little deeper dive into the underlying mechanics of...
2009-12-08
1,525 reads
ASK SQLServerCentral
We've had the ASK SQLServerCentral site up for a couple months now and while I see traffic continuing over there,...
2009-12-08
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Travel Recap for 2009
Starting Wednesday, December 9, 2009, I am on vacation until Monday, January 4th, 2010. Instead of traveling somewhere else for...
2009-12-08
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Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008 Pre-reading List
Via Twitter, I stumbled upon a link to this newly updated pdf from Joseph Sack and David Ikeda who are...
2009-12-08
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LinkedIn Update and LinkedIn Vanity URL’s
Was just doing my more or less weekly update on LinkedIn and saw that – finally – just hit 500 connections. Growth...
2009-12-07
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A CIO's Voice....
As you know if you follow this blog, Pearl Knows is the creator of the monitoring software SQLCentric, and offers...
2009-12-07
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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
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Squared Values
What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
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