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Aaron is a senior consultant for SQL Sentry, Inc., makers of performance monitoring and event management software for SQL Server, Analysis Services, and Windows. He has been blogging here at sqlblog.com since 2006, focusing on manageability, performance, and new features; has been a Microsoft MVP since 1997; tweets as @AaronBertrand; and speaks frequently at user group meetings and SQL Saturday events.
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During SQL Server 2012 RC0 setup (specifically when upgrading), you may have noticed upgrade rules regarding Lock Pages in Memory (LPIM): However, for most folks, these rules always pass, whether or not they are actually using LPIM. I wanted to run a Read More...
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If you're going to install Distributed Replay Controller I've posted about this on twitter a few times, but I thought I should put it down somewhere permanent as well. When you install RC0, and have selected the Distributed Replay Controller, you should Read More...
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In case you missed my previous post , you can now download CTP3. The delivery mechanism this time is a little different. Instead of downloading an ISO, you download a very small EXE, two .box files, and an HTML file that currently contains a set of links Read More...
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The next version of SQL Server (codenamed "Denali"), I suspect, will be released sometime toward the end of 2011; I will stress, however, that this is nothing more than a barely-educated guess. Please don't ask me the actual release date, because I don't Read More...
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Here we go 'round the uninstall bush... Today I spun up a rather aging VM so that I could take some screen shots from the 2008 R2 version of Management Studio. When I clicked on my shortcut, I received this error: For searchability, here is the text (with Read More...
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I was tagged by Paul Randal ( blog | twitter ) last night in his latest blog post, entitled, " What 5 things should SQL Server get rid of? " His top 5 pretty much coincide with my top 5, so I'll have to dig a little deeper. In no particular order: Syntax Read More...
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In my last post in this series , I talked about some problems associated with relying on undocumented behaviors and commands. This time I wanted to touch on SQL Server configuration, and some of the items I see where more thought should have been put Read More...
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I posted earlier that the Express Edition of Management Studio for SQL Server 2008 R2 (November CTP) is now available for download. During the first few pages in the setup wizard, I was certain that I had either downloaded the wrong version of the CTP, Read More...
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I am heading to my home town for a week; we rented a cottage on Lake Nipissing , and are going to relax. No, really : no howling beagles, no computers, and no schedule. Sounds like a week of bliss to me. So, as you might imagine, there won't be a digest Read More...
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Yes it is! See this blog post from Peter Saddow: http://blogs.msdn.com/petersad/archive/2009/08/11/sql-server-on-windows-7.aspx First, if you have User Access Control in full swing, UAC will generate the following prompt to make sure you're okay with Read More...
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I know most readers are out polishing their grills, buying hamburger buns and preparing potato and macaroni salads. I am recovering from a pre-4th party, so here I am, groggy and online, finally not the host of Independence Day madness. :-) This week Read More...
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Here are this week's set of Connect items that I wanted to bring to your attention to increase visibility (and, more importantly, vote count). Two are about SQL Server and two are about Connect itself. ==================== SQL Server ==================== Read More...
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Microsoft delivered a KB article about this whole MSXML6 problem with XP SP3 (which I talked about recently here and here ), but it is NOT the KB article I was hoping for, nor anything resembling the article I had been promised. Instead of finally supplying Read More...
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I have some good news about a problem I described a while ago, concerning attempts to install SQL Server on XP SP3 machines. The install would fail because XP SP3 places MSXML files under system protection, and so attempts by installation programs to Read More...
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I see fingers pointing all over the place. The Windows team blames the SQL team for making setup packages that can't bypass when a newer version of a file already exists on the target system. The SQL team blames Windows for unceremoniously plopping the Read More...
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