SQLSaturday, Rocky, and a CheeseSteak - Upcoming Event
As you know, the SQLSaturday sensation has exploded all over the nation. So many events scheduled this year, there is...
2011-01-31
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Robert Pearl
Microsoft SQL Server Licensing For Dummies..
Microsoft SQL Server Licensing For Dummies..
Don’t let the above title fool you! Have you been confused on the Microsoft...
2011-01-24
89,274 reads
What the heck is going on? Industry news, shake-ups,depatures, old controversies and new beginnings
What the heck is going on? Industry news, shake-ups and departures.
It's only two weeks into the New Year 2011, but there's...
2011-01-12
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Get Prepared for the January Hiring Season
Get Prepared for the January Hiring Season
As the year winds down, in what was undoubtedly a tough economic year for...
2010-12-21
756 reads
Just in time for Christmas – SQL Server 2005 SP4
Just in time for Christmas, Microsoft releases SQL Server 2005 SP4.
Many were wondering if they would meet their intended...
2010-12-18
1,745 reads
Upgrading to SQL Server 2008 - a comprehensive checklist.
There are many considerations and much preparation to do, when a company decides that it is ready to upgrade their...
2010-12-13
13,749 reads
Signal Waits and Resource Waits...a clarification
Signal Waits vs. Resource Waits
During my presentation at SQLSaturday#59, I spoke about the categories of wait types, such as...
2010-12-06
3,713 reads
Signal Waits and Resource Waits...a clarification
Signal Waits vs. Resource Waits
During my presentation at SQLSaturday#59, I spoke about the categories of wait types, such as...
2010-12-03
19,987 reads
Notes from SQLSaturday#59 - Waits & Queues Presentation
SQLSaturday#59 – Waits & Queues Presentation
At SQLSaturday#59 in NYC, my session was about Waits & Queues. I presented a topic I thought was...
2010-11-24
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SQLCentric is a winner of the 2010 SQL Server Magazine's Community Choice Awards!
As I was doing a little research this evening for a client, I hit the SQLMag site for the latest updates. ...
2010-11-22
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: CIS Compliant
By Steve Jones
A new feature added to Redgate Monitor Enterprise automatically. CIS compliance is something many...
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
Forums
String Variable and sp_executesql
I am not understanding why this command completes "successfully" and it seems correct to...
printing complete path
get-ChildItem C:\ -recurse -erroraction silentlycontinue | sort length -descending | select -first 10 FullName,length...
Question of the Day
Superseded Indexes
Which of these indexes is superseded by another?
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