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SQL Breakfast
This morning we (i.e. my team and I) tried something we’ve spoken about for some time, but haven’t got around to doing until now; a “Tech Breakfast”. So I stopped at a bakery on the way to work to pick… continue reading…
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Our SQL Server “Denali” experiences – Part 2
Where has the week gone? I finally got round to continuing my SQL Denali testing today – with very promising results in fact! To give you an idea of the environment (which I brushed over in the previous post) and… continue reading…
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Snapshot isolation and tempdb growth
Over the weekend we were alerted to a server running low on disk space. Not particularly exciting in itself, but the fact that it was happening on a relatively newly build SQL 2008 database server with a small database (~2.5GB)… continue reading…
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Our SQL Server “Denali” experiences – Part 1
I got around to installing SQL Server 2011 (Denali) on a production server last week, and fortunately it’s been pretty slick so far. And in case you’re wondering why it’s on a production server instead of a dev or test… continue reading…
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Where am I?
Well, right now I’m sitting in a hospital room waiting for my wife to come out of surgery – nothing too serious. In the mean time it feels like I’ve got a rather nice little office in fact; a comfy(ish) chair… continue reading…
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Public speaking jitters
The week before Easter, a colleague and I presented at the Wellington SQL Server User Group. It was a first for each of us, and its fair to say neither of us was jumping with joy at the idea of it. … continue reading…