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SQLRally and beyond
I am almost ashamed to say that I have let over a month pass since my last post and truth be told I have come close a few times without never actually pressing that submit button. I shan’t bore you …...
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What are the impersonation rights for my database users?
From time to time I get thrown the odd request to provide various bits of information from the SQL Server environment and most recently I was asked about a group of databases that required migrating to...
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I can speak English, I learn it from a book
Many many years ago when I was still in short trousers I started to take an interest in Movies. My parents had completely different sleeping patterns and my Father was an irritatingly early riser -a...
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How to remove your Virtual machine’s BLOAT
Well I guess its been a long time since I have offered you a useful nugget of information or help, so I have decided to haul myself to the keyboard and provide a useful tip that I have been saving …...
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Moves Like Jagger – my 24HOP baptism
It is now nearly one week since my début on 24 Hours Of PASS and I thought it would be useful for people considering presenting on 24HOP themselves that I write my thoughts on the whole experience. I...
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Weight doesn’t ALWAYS have to be AlwaysOn
One thing I keep hearing myself mentioning more and more in conversation (and most recently in a discussion group at SQLBits a few days ago) is the ability to configure your Windows Cluster Quorum for...
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Schedule so far
Recently I have been starting to get a little stressed about whether or not I have a speaking engagement coming up. Whilst I use Google Calendar and most recently have set up a premium Remember the...
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Who’s active on SQL 2000
Yes yes yes I *know* we are currently on SQL 2012 but just hear me out for a second… I think I am probably one of the only people on the planet who has not (yet) used Adam Machanic’s (blog|twitter) …...
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Remember your OS when upgrading to SQL 2012
Probably as far back as the end of last year when I first started putting material together for my Enter the Dragon and Moves like Jagger presentations and giving very early mash up presentations of...
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Change and make a difference
Let me tell you a story… It is a drizzly night in November and I am sat with a bunch of people I have never met before. They are all eating and I am not (one too many Whiskys the … Continue reading →
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Memoirs of SQLSaturday #162 Part I: Pre-Cons
Days have passed since we closed the first ever SQLSaturday to hit the shores of the UK and I write with an element of sadness that it is over, relief that my time can start to be more of my … Continue...
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Using the SQL Server Installation Wizard on Server Core!
Ever heard the phrase “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should?”. Yep me too -many times, and what I am about to say comes with that caveat in mind although as I shall explain, I see absolutely...
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Memoirs of SQLSaturday #162 Part II: Speaker Dinner
Probably one of the most over-looked parts of any big or small SQL Event can sometimes be the speaker dinner -which essentially boils down to one thing… the organisers way of showing their appreciation...
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The Curious Case of the Non-Escalating transaction locks
SQL Server has many facets and behaviors that are often misunderstood and do not always work quite as we may have expected. At first you may believe that you understand the mechanics, only to realize...
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Baby baby baby, where did our love/ data go?
Possibly one of the very first things we learn as fledgling DBA’s is that transactions are used to provide “all or nothing” operations. If you ever go for a SQL Server job interview, you are almost...
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Santa comes early
With days to go before Santa boards his sleigh and pulls back on the reigns tethering his trusty magical flying reindeer to perform what is probably the most incredible feat of logistical planning and...
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Upload files to your Azure VM instance
Sometimes some of the simplest tips are the best, and recently I was trying to figure out just how to upload SQL Server 2012 Enterprise/ Developer Edition installation files to my Windows Azure Virtual...
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How to run SQL Server 2012 on the Kindle Fire HD
Warning! Please do not attempt to perform any of the following steps on production systems. This information is provided purely for reference and any attempt to replicate these actions on your own...
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T-SQL Tuesday #41 – I ♥ SQLBits
It’s been a long time since I last wrote a T-SQL Tuesday post but the combination of a great topic along with a spare 5 minutes of downtime has resulted in my contribution to the mix this month. This...
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See you in Charlotte!
Well it is that time of year again where the results of the PASS Summit 2013 session selections become public. This year was of course a very difficult one to get selected since (I believe) a record...
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