OT: Maximizing My Time, Using Technology
Well I've taken the plunge. I have finally broken down and decided to dictate blog post, articles, and other documents....
2009-11-30
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Wesley Brown
- Interests: Collecting old computers
- Skills: I talk a lot.
Fundamentals of Storage Systems – Capturing IO Patterns
We often take the advice given to us on forums or in articles at face value. Even though the authors...
2009-11-27
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Fundamentals of Storage Systems – Capturing IO Patterns
We often take the advice given to us on forums or in articles at face value. Even though the authors...
2009-11-20
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Why does change control for SQL Server have to be so hard?
I’ve been dealing with change control and source code repositories for most of my professional career. While I’ve seen change...
2009-11-16
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When Technical Support Fails You – UPDATE and Answers!
As promised and update on what has happened so far. A correction needs to be made. the P800 is a...
2009-10-31
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Heading back to Seattle
I love visiting Seattle, even in November. Getting to catch up with old friends and meet new people is always...
2009-10-30
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When Technical Support Fails You
I have had the pleasure of being a vendor, and technical support for both hardware and software products. I know...
2009-10-30
1,508 reads
Hardware Review – EVGA UV Plus+ 16
This isn’t exactly related to SQL Server. I did effect my productivity. I am a monitor junkie. I love multi-monitor...
2009-10-21
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Yes, I am a square, but not the way my wife thinks.
I’ll be on the Twitter Bingo card along with a lot of other great SQL Server folks at Pass! Quest...
2009-10-21
573 reads
Fundamentals of Storage Systems – The System Bus
In my last post The Basics of Spinning Disks we covered hard drives, the back bone of our IO system....
2009-10-18
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers