Out last written exam tomorrow!!! There was definitely a sense of the end of a long journey when we finished the last class today (VLDB scenario). I don't think people will be jumping for the pub on Friday as everyone will be flopping down in bed ;-)...

I thought I would post some clarification on what the famous "Lock Pages in Memory" policy setting does and does not do. 1. It prevents the operating system from stealing the buffer pool (see previous blog on buffer pool), thus shrinking the...

After the third exam, we only had a few sessions today and then carting for the first down time some people have had in a while. Ken the Instructor and veteran SQL ranger from rotation 01 kicked some butt on the track. I was in his slipstream (err if...