Monthly Archives: November 2010

SQL Rally Pre-Cons

Posted on November 11, 2010 by way0utwest

The SQL Rally pre-conference sessions were announced today, and congratulations to the winners. They are: Business Intelligence Workshop – Patrick LeBlanc, Devin Knight, Mike Davis, & Adam Jorgensen Query Performance Tuning, Start to Finish – Grant Fritchey Maximize Your SQL … Continue reading →

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Live Monitoring

Posted on November 11, 2010 by way0utwest

My employer, Red Gate Software, recently released a new product called SQL Monitor. This is the 2.0 version of SQL Response, enhanced and renamed after a lot of feedback and input from various DBAs around the globe. It’s very cool … Continue reading →

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Check the .NET Framework Version Installed

Posted on November 10, 2010 by way0utwest

I haven’t ever worried about this, but I had the need recently to check. I was looking a SQL Sentry’s Plan Explorer and the instructions mentioned that you need the .NET Framework v4.0 installed. So I decided to check my … Continue reading →

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Automated Driving

Posted on November 10, 2010 by way0utwest

In the book Red Thunder (highly recommended), the highways are under the control of some computer system. You approach a highway, get into some merge lane, and then a freeway computer takes control of your car, disconnecting the steering and … Continue reading →

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