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About tnbarkhouse

I'm a SQL Server database administrator with a few tools to share.

Script – Extracting XML deadlock graphs from a trace file

Today is my fourth day of SQLskills Immersion Events training, taught by none other than Paul Randal (blog, Twitter) and Kimberly Tripp (blog, Twitter). The material and delivery have been amazing and I hope to have a chance to blog … Continue reading

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Updated presentation materials posted

I just uploaded a new set of deliverables from my Deadlocks presentation (which can be found here). The new archive just contains tweaks that were made last week at the Summit. I'm working on a few new scripts that illustrate … Continue reading

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Emerging from self-imposed exile

While I was never prolific with blogging or tweeting, I have definitely been out-of-touch for over a year. Here's why… At last year's North American PASS Summit, I was still developing the content for my presentation at the last minute, … Continue reading

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Today’s presentation materials have been posted

The materials for today’s presentation, Deadlock Detection, Troubleshooting, and Prevention, at the 2010 North American PASS Summit, have been posted. See the Deadlock Detection, Troubleshooting, and Prevention page for more information. The download contains the slide deck, a handout full … Continue reading

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Temporary post – Presentation materials

I will post everything in their permanent homes later today… but for now, here are the materials from my last few presentations: A PowerShell Cookbook for DBAs An Introduction to Profiler and SQL Trace Deadlock Detection, Troubleshooting and Prevention Leveraging … Continue reading

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Posting My Presentations from SQLSaturday #35 – Part I

This is a little bit embarrassing… I can’t upload the zip archive files with my presentation materials! Apparently WordPress.com, the host of this blog, does not allow zip files: Accepted Filetypes. My presentation materials include a mixture of PDF files, … Continue reading

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Looking Back on My PASS Presentation

I delivered my "Leveraging PSSDiag/SQLDiag for Efficient Troubleshooting" presentation yesterday morning, here at the PASS Community Summit 2009 conference in Seattle, Washington. The talk went quite well—I had fun and felt like there was good interaction with the audience (including … Continue reading

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I’m a Bingo Square Too

Stuart Ainsworth (blog, Twitter) came up with a great idea: using a bingo game to facilitate networking at the 2009 PASS Community Summit. The idea is to encourage conference attendees to find and meet each other. As I’ve mentioned before, … Continue reading

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A Successful Rehearsal and Upcoming Improvements to the Presentation

My rehearsal this morning went really well. Not in terms of my delivery, but rather in the great feedback that I received and my own ideas for improvement that it generated. I want to thank Patrick LeBlanc (blog, Twitter) again … Continue reading

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The Presentations Won’t Be Posted Until After the PASS Summit

I’ve decided that the posting of my presentation materials (PowerPoint slide decks and sample code) will have to wait until I return from the 2009 PASS Community Summit. I apologize again for the delay. As I mentioned previously, I’ve been … Continue reading

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