Fix the Little Things
There are any number of small, annoying or tedious things in SQL Server and Steve Jones makes a case for getting them fixed.
2008-11-11
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Articles
Fix the Little Things
There are any number of small, annoying or tedious things in SQL Server and Steve Jones makes a case for getting them fixed.
2008-11-11
734 reads
Fix the Little Things
There are any number of small, annoying or tedious things in SQL Server and Steve Jones makes a case for getting them fixed.
2008-11-11
801 reads
Reports for SQL Server 2008 System Data Collections
With SQL Server 2008's new Data Collection feature and the Management Data Warehouse (MDW), came three system Data Collection sets. This article covers the different data collection standard reports that have been provided to display information related to the statistics collected by the system data collections.
2008-11-11
2,517 reads
Using the FORFILES Command to Delete SQL Server Backups
Is there a way I can automate a file deletion process from within SQL Server?
2008-11-11
4,819 reads
CDC and Data Warehouse
The following article shows how Change Data Capture can be used to capture incremental data changes and use them in an ETL Process
2008-11-10
3,814 reads
DBA Value
Are DBAs worth more to a company than other types of IT employees? Steve Jones has some thoughts about the salary ranges for DBAs today.
2008-11-10
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DBA Value
Are DBAs worth more to a company than other types of IT employees? Steve Jones has some thoughts about the salary ranges for DBAs today.
2008-11-10
624 reads
Reviewing SQL Server Permissions
Permissions on data are one of the most critical aspects of database administration.
2008-11-10
3,072 reads
The Security of You
There is a lot of data out there that is specific to an individual, none more important perhaps than biometric data. Steve Jones writes a bit about the security implications involved in working with this data.
2008-11-09
662 reads
Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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