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\nBack in April, Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter<\/a>) did a 30 day series titled A SQL Server Myth a Day<\/a>, where he covered a different myth about SQL Server every day of the month.  At the same time Glenn Berry (Blog<\/a>|Twitter) did a 30 day series titled A DMV a Day<\/a>, where he blogged about a different DMV every day of the month.  Being so inspired by these two guys, I have decided to attempt a month long series on Extended Events that I am going to call A XEvent a Day<\/strong>.  I originally wanted to do this series during the month of November, but with school requirements and preparations for PASS Summit, I just couldn’t make it work out.  Instead I am going to end 2010 with a bang and at the same time double my blog post count for they year by doing it in December.\n<\/p>\n

\nThis post will be the master post and will have a link to each of the posts throughout the month as I post them.\n<\/p>\n

\nAn XEvent a Day (1 of 31) – An Overview of Extended Events<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (2 of 31) – Querying the Extended Events Metadata<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (3 of 31) – Managing Event Sessions<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (4 of 31) – Querying the Session Definition and Active Session DMV’s<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (5 of 31) – Targets Week – ring_buffer<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (6 of 31) – Targets Week – asynchronous_file_target<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (7 of 31) – Targets Week – bucketizers<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (8 of 31) – Targets Week – synchronous_event_counter<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (9 of 31) – Targets Week – pair_matching<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (10 of 31) – Targets Week – etw_classic_sync_target<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (11 of 31) – Targets Week – Using multiple targets to simplify analysis<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (12 of 31) – Using the Extended Events SSMS Addin<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (13 of 31) – The system_health Session<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (14 of 31) – A Closer Look at Predicates<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (15 of 31) – Tracking Ghost Cleanup<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (16 of 31) – How Many Checkpoints are Issued During a Full Backup?<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (17 of 31) – A Look at Backup Internals and How to Track Backup and Restore Throughput (Part 1)<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (18 of 31) – A Look at Backup Internals and How to Track Backup and Restore Throughput (Part 2)<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (19 of 31) – Using Customizable Fields<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (20 of 31) – Mapping Extended Events to SQL Trace<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (21 of 31) – The Future – Tracking Blocking in Denali<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (22 of 31) – The Future – fn_dblog() No More? Tracking Transaction Log Activity in Denali<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (23 of 31) – How it Works – Multiple Transaction Log Files<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (24 of 31) – What is the package0.callstack Action?<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (25 of 31) – The Twelve Days of Christmas<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (26 of 31) – Configuring Session Options<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (27 of 31) – The Future – Tracking Page Splits in SQL Server Denali CTP1<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (28 of 31) – Tracking Page Compression Operations<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (29 of 31) – The Future – Looking at Database Startup in Denali<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (30 of 31) – Tracking Session and Statement Level Waits<\/a>
\nAn XEvent a Day (31 of 31) – Event Session DDL Events<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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