SQLSaturday #52 Report
I was lucky enough to present two sessions at SQLSaturday #52 in Denver on September 25, 2010. By my estimate,...
2010-09-28
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Glenn Berry
SQL Server Quiz 2010
SQL Sever MVP Jacob Sebastian (blog/twitter) has been working hard to organize the SQL Server Quiz 2010 event which will...
2010-09-27
1,117 reads
Project Phoenix For Unemployed and Underemployed Developers
SQL Server MVP Arnie Rowland (blog/twitter) has put a lot of effort into conceiving, organizing, and publicizing Project Phoenix over...
2010-09-27
669 reads
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 10
On September 21, 2010, Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 10, which is Build 2799. I count 29...
2010-09-22
1,285 reads
What Do You Think Just Happened To This Database Server?
This is a screenshot of Task Manager for a database instance that is part of a synchronous database mirroring partnership...
2010-09-20
1,187 reads
Home Theater Upgrades
Back in late 2003, I had my basement finished,and as part of that effort, I put in a dedicated home...
2010-09-20
608 reads
SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Diagnostic Information Queries
Here is the latest version of my Diagnostic Information Queries for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2. These...
2010-09-18
3,914 reads
SQL Saturday #52 in Denver
Its only about a week until SQL Saturday #52 in Denver. This is an all day, free event, being held...
2010-09-17
637 reads
Hardware 201:Selecting and Sizing Database Hardware for OLTP Performance
I did a presentation for the fourth hour of 24 Hours of PASS – Fall 2010 today, which was a lot...
2010-09-16
818 reads
Some Moderately Big Iron on x64
Here is a screenshot from a Dell PowerEdge R910 with four 2.27GHz Intel Xeon X7560 processors and 256GB of RAM....
2010-09-08
1,003 reads
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I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
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Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
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Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
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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
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Designing SQL Server Pipelines That Are Ready for AI Before You Actually Need AI
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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