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SQL Rally Pre-Cons

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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Check the .NET Framework Version Installed

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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A Tail Log Needs a Clean Shutdown

Someone posted a note asking how they might restore if the disk that contained their transaction log crashed. I replied that if they had the data files on a separate drive, they could detach/attach, build a new log file, and … Continue reading

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The Inteview is Done

I completed my interview for the PASS board election today. I don’t want to talk about what was in the interview since there are other people that still need to talk to the nominating committee, but I’ll write a few … Continue reading

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