Keynotes - WMV
This Friday we look forward to the various tech events of 2008 and which speakers you think are worth seeing.
2008-01-13
49 reads
Articles
Losing Your Job (iPod)
It's not easy to lose your job, but it can be done if you aren't performing. What concerns Steve Jones is someone recently lost their job for their behavior on their own personal time.
2008-01-13
306 reads
The Weekly Editorial - iPod
Our weekly commentary on SQL Server news and notes from the week ending 1/12/08.
2008-01-13
45 reads
The Weekly Editorial - MP3
Our weekly commentary on SQL Server news and notes from the week ending 1/12/08.
2008-01-13
38 reads
The Weekly Editorial - WMV
Our weekly commentary on SQL Server news and notes from the week ending 1/12/08.
2008-01-13
51 reads
Installing and Upgrading to SQL Server 2005
If you have not had the chance to work with SQL Server 2005, or even if you have, Robert Pearl brings us some important information about what your upgrade or installation of the next version of SQL Server will bring. This is information every administrator needs to know to get prepared.
2008-01-11 (first published: 2005-06-29)
199,280 reads
Using CLR integration to compress BLOBs/CLOBs in SQL Server 2005
Working with large objects, BLOBs in SQL Server, has always been a little tedious. The forums are filled with questions on this topic. New authro Yoel Martinez brings us a more advanced looked at BLOBs in SQL Server 2005 with code and a technique for compressing large amounts of data to save space.
2008-01-11 (first published: 2007-01-30)
8,777 reads
SQL Server 2005 Deployment Guidance for Web Hosting Environments
SQL Server 2005 is an ideal database platform for use in shared and dedicated Web hosting environments. This paper provides best practices for configuring SQL Server 2005 to optimize security, tenant isolation, and the performance of your hosted SQL Server 2005 deployment. Sample scripts for provisioning users and databases for use in shared hosting are included.
2008-01-11
1,576 reads
SQL Server: Uncover Hidden Data to Optimize Application Performance
Many application performance problems can be traced to poorly performing database queries; however, there are many ways you can improve database performance. SQL ServerTM 2005 gathers a lot of information that you can use to identify the causes of such performance issues.
2008-01-11
3,144 reads
Navigation Options in Reports
You can build some very complex reports in Reporting Services and longtime author Raj Vasant brings us a short tutorial on how you can implement internal navigation structures in your reports.
2008-01-10
5,265 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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