Meme15: Top 5 Reasons I Like My Job
This month’s Meme15 topic is ‘Top 5 Reasons I Like My Job’. A little over a year ago, I started...
2012-08-16
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Blog Posts
Monitor Deadlock in SQL 2012
Do you still use trace flag 1204 and 1222 to monitor Deadlock? or using profile to capture deadlock? Now we...
2012-08-16 (first published: 2012-08-12)
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Quick Tip: Accurate Log Shipping Status
Here’s a quick reminder for those of you using log shipping, and checking the SSMS report “Transaction Log Shipping Status”...
2012-08-16
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Replication and TFS
So, we’ve had this issue lately at work with our TFS build/deploys causing a significant amount of contention and only...
2012-08-16
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Speaking at 24 Hours of Pass
24 Hours of PASS (24HOP) has been around a few years now, but this will be my first time participating...
2012-08-16
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SQL Saturday 151 BI Pre-con: Stacia Misner
Hello Dear Reader, SQL Saturday 151 Orlando is picking up steam. The Pre-Con’s have been named and they are fantastic. ...
2012-08-16
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Unwanted dependency between different parts of the code
Small systems tend to grow with new functionality and new access points. When the system grows, the need for data...
2012-08-16
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Where’s My Certificate Backup?
If you’re like me, you take advantage of the default backup paths in SQL Server. It makes my code cleaner,...
2012-08-16
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#meme15: Reasons I Like My Job
When Jason ( B | T ) posted this assignment, I thought it would be a fun topic to write on. Before I...
2012-08-15
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At the End of One Chapter and the Beginning of a New Chapter
I have been told by hundreds of DBAs that I have the best DBA job in the world as Director...
2012-08-15
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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
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...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
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