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I just finished a wonderful week in Stockholm, teaching a class for Cornerstone Education. We had 19 SQL Server enthusiasts, all eager to find out everything they could about SQL Server Internals. One questions came up on Thursday that I wasn’t sure of Read More...
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In my most recent commentary for SQL Server Magazine, online here: http://www.sqlmag.com/article/training-and-certification2/sql-server-training-options-140429 , I talked about different options for making training content available online. As an addendum Read More...
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Last week, I wrote about logging for index rebuild operations. I wanted to publish the result of that testing as soon as I could, because that dealt with a specific question I was trying to answer. However, I actually started out my testing by looking Read More...
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This blog post was inspired by a question from a future student. Someone who was already booked for my SQL Server Internals class in June asked for some information on a current problem he was having with transaction log writes causing excessive wait Read More...
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After spending 5 months in Boston last summer and fall, I'm going back again, to teach my 5-day SQL Server Internals and Query Tuning class for Boston SQL Training. Last time I taught my course there, we had a completely full class with a waiting list. Read More...
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My new whitepaper has just been published! Inside SQL Azure http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/inside-sql-azure.aspx The paper examines the internals of the SQL Azure databases, and how they are managed in the Microsoft Data Centers, Read More...
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“It ain't what people don't know that hurts them it's what they know that ain't so” -- commonly attributed to Mark Twain SQL Server has been around for a long time now, and people who learn one version well sometimes have monumental task when a new version Read More...
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Yesterday was a rebroadcast of the index internals seminar I presented last February, and I had forgotten how long it was. I was in a chat room the whole time, and the questions just kept coming, fast and (not so) furious! Thanks to all the participants Read More...
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Even though I didn't make it to TechEd this year, it didn't mean I was quiet last week. On Wednesday, I was in Colorado, giving a talk for the new Colorado PASS User Group, which is a joint venture between 3 different existing groups from Colorado Springs, Read More...
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TechEd starts in 3 weeks, and I'm not going to make it this year. I had very much wanted to visit New Orleans post-Katrina and see the recovery for myself. I attended a couple of TechEd's there many years ago, but my primary reason for visiting that fabulous Read More...
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I thought I had said almost all that could be said about nonclustered index keys in a post made almost exactly two years ago , on March 16, 2008. But there's more. To get all the benefit from today's post, you'll really have to read that one, but I'll Read More...
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I am really jazzed! The seminar was over 3.5 hours in length, and we had 3 15-20 minute breaks, during which questions just kept coming in the chat room. I barely got out to refill my coffee! But there were some great questions and a really enthusiastic Read More...
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No, this is not an early response to the next T-SQL Tuesday topic. Rob Farley will be hosting that one, and wants us to write about relationships. So getting warm doesn't refer to a nice cozy relationship by the fire, while the snow is relentless in Chicago Read More...
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As I mentioned last October, my PASS preconference seminar was a whole day about the transaction log . I told the attendees all kinds of things about the structure of the log, and told them about one of the best tools for exploring the structure: the Read More...
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The class next week was full, but we just had two cancellations today. So now you have a chance to take my SQL Server Internals and Tuning class next week, at the wonderful Cornerstone Training Center , right outside of Stockholm. (I promise I'll have Read More...
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