PASS Elections
I as well as many others have a decision to make on who I am voting for the PASS Board...
2013-09-23
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Tim Radney - Database Professional
Get OS Counter Memory Available Mbytes Using TSQL
I have been working recently in making sure that max memory is configured for the hundred plus database servers I...
2013-09-20
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SQL in the City 2013 US Tour
It was a huge honor to be chosen for the 2013 US tour of SQL in the City. Red Gate...
2013-08-30
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Professional Etiquette When Sending Mass Email – Use BCC:
<begin soap box rant>
Time and time again I find myself having to email people to remind them about how and...
2013-08-30
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Cannot create Cluster – the computer X is joined to a cluster
Recently attempting to install a new three node cluster I ran into a new issue. Once I was able to...
2013-08-28 (first published: 2013-08-21)
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Linchpin People Partner
In April 0f 2012 I was fortunate enough to be asked to become Linchpin People LLC’s first ever TeamMate. (blog)....
2013-08-13
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2013
PASS Summit 2013 will be my fifth Summit to attend. I wrote a blog post about how different my fourth...
2013-08-09
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SQL Community Speakers – Why We Do It
I started this post over a year ago and have just now come back around to finish it. Over the...
2013-07-24
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SQL Server Installation Date
I have been working on a project recently to collect system metrics of a SQL Server environment. One of the items...
2013-06-27
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What is Page Life Expectancy (PLE) in SQL Server
Being a production DBA means having to quickly look at a SQL Server and diagnose issue with it. We know...
2013-03-08
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Blogs
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
Side Projects
Anyone (everyone?) who has ever tried to learn a programming language knows that to...
Forums
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Sql script replace and rearrange numbers
Hi everyone. I have this table and this information. (left side of the image)...