Undocumented Trace Flag Improves Performance By Up To 25%
As a production DBA I love to tweak things to optimal perfection. After all, if I paid for the hardware...
2009-04-01
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Blog Posts
Buying A Plane
There's been a lot of bad press about 'corporate jets' in the news over the past year. Not that planes...
2009-03-31
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Keeping Relevant in the Face of Changing Technologies
I was recently asked by a co-worker on my team at work what he should do to keep up with...
2009-03-31
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Lunch in Town
One of the guys I met at the Denver User Group pinged me last week for lunch, and I agreed....
2009-03-31
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Microsoft Project Migration Template for the move to SQL 2008
If you are planning a move to SQL Server 2008, although this process can apply for many Database Migrations, perhaps...
2009-03-31
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Orlando .NET Code Camp 2009 Recap
On Saturday, 3/28, I presented Useful T-SQL Statements You May Not Be Aware Of at the 2009 Orlando .NET Code...
2009-03-31
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SQLSaturday #15 in Jacksonville
The call for speakers is still open and will close April 6th, there's still from for a few more sessions....
2009-03-31
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The Prius Update
Our second major repair will take place on the Prius, and once again it’s a cosmetic item. In fact, we’ve...
2009-03-31
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Notes on the 2009 MVP Summit
Note: I was working on this at the Summit and then it got lost in the draft folder, so unfashionably...
2009-03-30
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Submit your PASS abstracts now!
Hey, there are probably some other blogs here letting you know that the PASS call for speakers is open right...
2009-03-30
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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
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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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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