The May Car Update (2008)
Steve Jones talks about alternative hybrids, in this bi-monthly update on automotive news.
The May Car Update (2008)
Steve Jones talks about alternative hybrids, in this bi-monthly update on automotive news.
Finding Available Keys When Merging Two Tables
Find available keys when merging two tables with duplicate keys.
IT Project Euthanasia
A guest editorial from Phil Factor on the kindest way to dispose of unwanted IT projects.
New Features in Reporting Services 2005
Reporting is one of the key parts of any data warehouse or business intelligence systems. Vincent Rainardi has brought us some great information on data warehousing and now turns his attention to some of the very useful new features in Reporting Services 2005.
Policy-based Management in SQL Server 2008 – Part II
Learn how to use SQL Server Agent alerts and jobs to fix policy incompliance automatically.
SQL Code Layout and Beautification
William Brewer takes a look at the whole topic of SQL Code layout and beautification, an important aspect to SQL programming style. He concludes that once you are tired of laying SQL out by hand, you had better choose a tool with plenty of knobs to twiddle, because nobody seems to agree on the best way of doing it.
SQLServerCentral Friday Crossword No 2
Pit your wits against the SQLServerCentral.com Friday crossword...
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
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
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T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
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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