No XP, but Look Forward To 7
A look back at the news of the past week including Windows 7, SSD performance, April Fools, and consistency in SQL Server.
2008-04-05
191 reads
Editorial - MP3
2008-04-03
770 reads
Try To Be More Inefficient
Steve Jones is recommending that you don't work the most efficient way at your job. Sometimes.
2008-04-02
41 reads
A Scary Comparison
What changes are coming in the editions for SQL Server 2008. Steve Jones finds a rather scary piece of literature.
2008-04-01
40 reads
The Credit Debate
As databases grow, we store more and more types of data. This Friday's poll asks what types of data you don't want to store.
2008-03-27
34 reads
Social Software
More and more companies are looking to use social software, like Facebook, to link employees, but is this a good thing?
2008-03-26
32 reads
Bad Automation
Coming up with ways to do things automatically with software can be a boon to productivity, but not every idea is a good one.
2008-03-25
40 reads
March Madness
How disruptive is the annual college basketball tournament to work? Steve Jones doesn't think it's a problem.
2008-03-24
30 reads
A Bad Report Card
The Federal Communications Commission doesn't get a good report on it's data handling and management processes.
2008-03-23
32 reads
2008-03-22
168 reads
Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
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How Long is a Long I/O?
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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