Taking Care of Employees - Storms
As I write this a tropical storm is passing over Orlando and has turned out to be milder than expected...
2008-08-21
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Blog Posts
[Off Topic] The Big Apple
I got my first opportunity to visit New York City last week. I was actually sitting in on a training...
2008-08-20
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SQLSaturday #8 in Orlando - Update (Aug 21)
Registration has been open for only a few weeks and we've got 110 registered so far, a nice start! We...
2008-08-20
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Troubleshooting High Connections & What's The Application Name?
I was visiting with a client recently when they asked me to come take a look at an incident in...
2008-08-20
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Notes on My Visit to the St Louis SQL Group
Actually it was subset of the group, but Kathi & Julie from the St Louis SQL Server User Group did a...
2008-08-19
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Speaker workshop
Andy Warren made a trip to St. Louis this past weekend to put on a speaker workshop for our user...
2008-08-19
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What every DBA that manages a large number of SQL Servers should know about SQL 2008!!
Error when importing RegServer list from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008
I discovered the already known bug in SQL 2008 that...
2008-08-19
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Building a Security Philosophy Posted on SQLServerCentral.com
This was actually posted about a week ago, fell behind a little during travelling. Building a Security Philosophy was written...
2008-08-18
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How do I automatically respond to mirrored database failovers?
Automatic Failover - an incomplete solution
Automatic failover with Database Mirroring is great, but what about all of the other things that...
2008-08-18
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IndyTechFest Update - Aug 18, 2008
Just had a note from John Magnabosco, the schedule for the event on Oct 4, 2008 has been published. I'll...
2008-08-18
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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
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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