Vetting the PASS Board of Directors candidates
I've had a pretty heavy involvement in Brent Ozar's interview of Matt Morollo. The reason for my intense activity is he was...
2009-10-16
1,360 reads
SQLSaturday #21 Shirt Snafu!
Thought I’d share a funny story. Way back before SQLSaturday #1 my friend Shawn recommended a local shirt/embroidery vendor, I...
2009-10-16
496 reads
Free E-Book on XSD SQL Server Schema Collections
Whether you like it or not, as a SQL Server DBA or Developer, you will eventually have to learn about...
2009-10-16
559 reads
Dev Days
I heard about the Stackoverflow Dev Days earlier this year and thought it was an interesting idea. We had talked...
2009-10-16
1,158 reads
Backing Up Your Data is Obvious, Or Isn’t It?
Often, when I give presentations on DBA best practices, I make the obvious point that databases need to be regularly...
2009-10-16
491 reads
Book Review: The Deceived
The Deceived by Brett Battles
I haven’t post on any fiction lately, thought it was time to write about something more...
2009-10-15
351 reads
SQLSaturday #21 Is Tomorrow (Oct 17)
I’m writing this in advance because I’ll be busy with all the last minute preparations, but I’m looking forward to...
2009-10-15
289 reads
The PASS Board of Directors Election
There has been some great discussion about the upcoming PASS Board of Directors election over on Brent Ozar’s blog. If...
2009-10-15
1,257 reads
More SQL Server 2008 Book Involvement
Last night, I received my hard-copy of Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring from APress. This book has a lot of...
2009-10-15
618 reads
A DBA's Role with Respect to Improving Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Performance
1linerForward: here's a webinar from Microsoft regarding this subject, the following is a summary of what was required to improve CRM performance.
Microsoft's...
2009-10-15
3,404 reads
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 ...
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Squared Values
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