Things I Wish I Had Known
I was tagged by Grant Fritchey (aka Scary DBA) in the latest get-to-know-you question. This one asks, “What do you...
2009-02-11
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Registration for SQLBits in Manchester, England is Now Open
Registration for SQLBits IV, to be held in Manchester, England on Saturday, March 28, 2009, is now open. This free...
2009-02-11
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Counterpoint: Against Specialization
Brent Ozar wrote his Things you know now and in it he says this under his first point, Pick one...
2009-02-11
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New Security Bulletin for SQL Server 2000/2005 (MS09-004)
Affected Versions:
SQL Server 2000 SP4SQL Server 2005 SP2Unaffected Versions:
SQL Server 2005 SP3 SQL Server 2008Original Vulnerability Report:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499042/100/0/threaded
Microsoft Security Bulletin Link:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-004.mspx
Brief Analysis:
The...
2009-02-11
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Kindle 2
The Kindle 2 was announced recently and it’s on sale at Amazon, starting shipping Feb 24, 2009.
I’m glad I didn’t...
2009-02-11
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SQL Pi
A mildly humorous title, spawned by a link my friend Jon sent me about calculating Pi using a batch file....
2009-02-10
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PASS Update #5 (Blogger's Please Read)
We'll be announcing this on the main www.sqlpass.org site and the PASS blog over the next day or two, but...
2009-02-10
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Things you know now...
This was the brainchild of Mike Walsh, who asked, "What do you wish you knew when you were starting?" I...
2009-02-10
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Opening Up
I read Andy Warren’s PASS Update #3 the other day and I was amazed. Actually I’m late in getting this...
2009-02-10
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Notes on the 2009 South Florida Code Camp
As I mentioned last week I drove to Miramar for the South Florida Code Camp, arriving in time for the...
2009-02-09
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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