An Unexpected Service Gotcha
Recently I was participating in a round of storage rearranging with a client (aka the storage dance) which consisted of...
2011-05-31
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Andy Warren
SQLSaturday #85 in Orlando!
It’s that time of year again, actually a little earlier than in previous years as we’ll be holding our fifth...
2011-05-31
1,492 reads
Survival Mode & Dodging Burn Out
One of the benefits of experience is that you can see problems coming, that doesn’t mean you have enough experience...
2011-05-26
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Looking Back at SQLRally Orlando
It’s been almost two weeks since we wrapped up our first SQLRally, and in some ways it hasn’t quite sunk...
2011-05-25
646 reads
Doing Good Isn’t Easy Some Days
A few weeks back I was on a short trip with my family and as some trips go, it had...
2011-05-23
669 reads
Negotiating Your Raise Before Your Annual Review
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Andy talks about your annual review and how you might want to think about negotiating for a raise in advance.
2011-05-23
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The 2013 PASS Summit Goes to Charlotte
Just in case you didn’t catch the news yesterday on Twitter, the PASS blog, or via the PASS Connector, we...
2011-05-19
688 reads
The Three Percent Difference
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Most people get an annual review that determines what their salary change might be for the next year. Does 3% make a difference? Andy Warren asks the question today.
2011-05-19
258 reads
SQLRally Nordic
With all the talk about SQLRally Orlando you may have missed that we’ve got another SQLRally event in the pipeline...
2011-05-17
681 reads
Updated SQLSaturday Advisory Council
About a year and a half ago we put together the first advisory council consisting of Andy Leonard, Kevin Kline,...
2011-05-17
693 reads
Blogs
Finding fields used in a Power BI report in PBIR format with Semantic Link Labs
Have you ever wondered where a certain field is used in a report? Or...
Adding Test data to msdb.sysjobhistory
By Steve Jones
One of our internal people was looking to test some process in (I assume)...
Microsoft Ignite Announcements Nov 2024
By James Serra
Announced at Microsoft Ignite last week were some new product features related to the...
Forums
Import data from json file with special characters
I am using the following script to import data from a json file. This...
% processor Time in Activity monitor is greyed out
When I connect to my SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) from...
Tools for MySQL memory estimations and optimization?
Hi all! I’ve been using MySQLCalculator.com for memory calculations, but I’m looking for alternatives...
Question of the Day
The Hash Join II
Which of these inputs is the smaller input to a hash join?
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