Certificates of Completion for SQL Seminars
Most managers and employers distinguish between attending a conference and training. We (the royal SQL community we) offer quite a...
2012-09-14
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Blog Posts
Change file logical name for mirror database
Today I encountered a interesting issue when rename logical name for mirror database.
We have a database which has been setup...
2012-09-14 (first published: 2012-09-09)
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Conference in Florida: SQL Server Live
This conference is new to me. In case it’s new to you, I thought I’d take a moment to point...
2012-09-14
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Detecting and Removing Duplicate Indexes
Indexes are the solution to many performance problems, but with too many indexes on tables can hurt the performance of...
2012-09-14
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Interesting Culture
A post from Alex Maccaw, programmer at Stripe. He talks about some things he likes about the company, and overall...
2012-09-14
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Register for Sean’s Dallas precon!
On October 13, Dallas will hold our second ever Special Bi Edition of SQLSaturday Dallas - #SQLSat163 for you Twitter folk...
2012-09-14
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Sleepless in Seattle – SQL in the City 2012
A few years ago I went to Seattle a few days before the PASS Summit started. I took my middle...
2012-09-14 (first published: 2012-09-10)
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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 14/09/12
It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week!
Make sure you don’t miss this weekly round-up of SQL Server Links,...
2012-09-14
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Surface Area Configuration tool available in SQL Server 2008 & onwards
Surface area configuration is a security measure that involves stopping or disabling unused components. Surface area configuration helps to improve security by...
2012-09-14
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The DevConnections Schedule is out
It’s preliminary, but the fall 2012 SQL Server Connections schedule at DevConnections is out. I’ll be speaking Tuesday, Oct 30,...
2012-09-14
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Microsoft Security Changes and SQL...
Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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