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  1. Refresh Your Views With sp_refreshview

    With SQL Server 2008 R2 having been released it seems like a good time to remind people about the sp_refreshview system stored procedure. How are those two things related? Great question. When migrating or upgrading to newer versions (such as R2), you need to be aware that a simple restore ...

  2. How to Tell When SQL Server Started?

    As a consultant, I’m regularly asked to diagnose and solve problems when I have incomplete or conflicting information given to me by the client. They don’t mean any harm, but different people in the organization have different perspectives and different memories. Sometimes it is difficult to know what is really ...

  3. Listen Up! I’m on the Virtumania Podcast

    Pause that Lady Gaga for a minute and head over to Virtumania. It’s a casual, hour-long conversation podcast that usually focuses on virtualization and storage. This week, I’m along for the ride with:Rich Brambley (Blog – @RBrambley) – virtualization blogger who syndicates with the PASS Virtualization Virtual Chapter Marc Farley ...

  4. Submitting a Winning Abstract at PASS

    For those who couldn’t make today’s presentation, or those who could but want to hear Tim Ford and Buck Woody trashing Wisconsin, I’m pleased to share with you both the slides and the recording of today’s presentation. Or rather, two recordings. The Powerpoint The Presentation Submitting a session to the ...

  5. SQL 2005 System Stored Procedures Poster

    Just over two years ago I helped put together the following poster that detailed some of the more useful system stored procedures found in SQL 2005: I have a handful of the posters laying around my cubical and my office at home. I suppose I should give them away whenever ...

  6. Fear and Loathing in the Blogosphere – A plagiarism primer

    Last year my better half, Tim, suggested that we start a blog. It made sense for any number of reasons, but it scared the heck out of me. I couldn’t imagine that there was anything that I could ever blog about that hadn’t already been posted and probably ...

  7. Playing For High Stakes

    Yes, we use T-SQL to manage and manipulate data for multi-billion dollar enterprises, but every now and then we need to take some time for some recreation.And I don’t mean “lie around on a Hawaiian beach sipping a Mai-Tai” kind of recreation… I’m talking about something more cerebral.We’re going to ...

  8. Oracle DBA Year One

    About a year and a half ago, I took a position managing the SQL Server and Oracle DBA teams. I find myself gravitating towards Oracle just because there is a lot to learn. So what have I learned? Oracle smashes SQL Server and visa versa. It all depends on your ...

  9. Using Model to Change Default Database Settings

    During a Twitter conversation today Malik Alamin (Twitter) asked about the Autogrow settings on his databases. The conversation naturally progressed to the question of how you change the default behavior and set all newly created databases to have user defined settings. Brent Ozar (Blog | Twitter) was able to point ...

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