(Not a) CHECKDB error “Unable to deallocate a kept page”
[Edit 2014: there’s an additional bug in SQL Server 2012/2014 – see this post for details.] More details are in KB article 919142, which was
[Edit 2014: there’s an additional bug in SQL Server 2012/2014 – see this post for details.] More details are in KB article 919142, which was
In this week's survey I've got four mini-surveys for you, all to do with in-depth performance analysis. I'd like to know whether you've ever used
I came across an excellent blog post on twitter today: 10 ways you know you’re with smart people. Go read it. If the top-10 describes you then you
A few weeks ago I kicked off a survey about disaster recovery testing and how the plan copes with human factors. You can see the original
The March edition of TechNet Magazine is available on the web now and has the latest installment of my regular SQL Q&A column. This month's
This survey follows on from the survey results I just blogged about, and is particularly apt given we're here in Dallas this week teaching our
About a month ago I kicked off a survey asking what you look for when first analyzing a plan for a poorly performing query. You
The Immersion Event on Internals and Performance in London, UK from 20-24 June, 2011 is now open for public registration! It’s been open to SQLskills Insiders
I just about beat my fists against my laptop this afternoon while updating a couple of demo scripts for our Performance class in Dallas this
The recent earthquake in New Zealand and this morning's devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan set off a lot of discussion on twitter about
(Check out my online training courses: SQL Server: Detecting and Correcting Database Corruption and SQL Server: Advanced Corruption Recovery Techniques. We can also help you with disaster recovery.) Yesterday on
A few weeks ago I kicked off a survey about tempdb configuration – see here for the survey. I received results for more than 600
From my alter-ego – the other half of my degree is in electronics – I usually blog this stuff on my separate electronics blog but this is so
A few weeks ago Kimberly did a blog post survey about which city in the US you'd like to see us come to with our
It's been a while since I blogged about hobby stuff so I thought I'd share a few photos of recent Lego models I've made –
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