Knock, Knock...What's Funny?
Humor in the workplace is essential for a good environment, but employees need to be careful about what they might consider sharing.
2008-07-22
65 reads
Articles
SQL Server Audit in SQL Server 2008 – Part 2
Learn how to monitor database-level actions and write audit results to files.
2008-07-22
2,557 reads
Owning the Spelling Suggestion Feature
To create your own spelling suggestion feature, you need a look-up with correct spellings and misspellings. I walk you through it.
2008-07-21
4,924 reads
How to Track Down Deadlocks Using SQL Server 2005 Profiler
It is irritating, sometimes alarming, for the user to be confronted by the 'deadlock message' when a deadlock happens. It can be a tiresome business to prevent them from occurring in applications. Fortunately, the profiler can be used to help DBAs identify how deadlocking problems happen, and indicate the best way of minimising the likelihood of their reappearance.
2008-07-21
5,295 reads
The IT Employee Benchmark
What's important in an IT employee? Steve Jones talks about the skills and measurements CIOs want today and tomorrow.
2008-07-21
60 reads
The IT Employee Benchmark
What's important in an IT employee? Steve Jones talks about the skills and measurements CIOs want today and tomorrow.
2008-07-21
54 reads
The IT Employee Benchmark
What's important in an IT employee? Steve Jones talks about the skills and measurements CIOs want today and tomorrow.
2008-07-21
65 reads
T-SQL Function to Determine Holidays in SQL Server
While working on a project recently I was asked to develop a mechanism that would provide the dates for state and federal holidays in a given year. Since this project deals with all states and territories of the United States, the list had to be comprehensive and the client asked that this list be in the form of a SQL query calculated on-the-fly, rather than a static list.
2008-07-21
5,482 reads
Going Naked
Steve Jones talks about the value of software maintenance and how you should view their value.
2008-07-20
58 reads
Going Naked
Steve Jones talks about the value of software maintenance and how you should view their value.
2008-07-19
48 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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