Scripting SQL Server databases with SMO using EnforceScriptingOptions
Obscure impact of switch EnforceScriptingOptions to scripting a SQL Server database.
2014-12-08
4,656 reads
Articles
How to troubleshoot SSL encryption issues in SQL Server
Tibor Nagy explains how to find the root cause of SSL encryption configuration problems in Microsoft SQL Server.
2014-12-08
6,634 reads
Overcoming Proposal Objections
We have all had our innovative solutions and proposals shot down by leads, managers and directors. This article addresses some of the causes and tips to improving the success rate for getting your ideas into the priority list.
2014-12-05
124 reads
What, When and who? Auditing 101
In this article we will take a look at one of the new technology that was introduced in SQL Server 2008 for Auditing.
2014-12-05 (first published: 2011-11-28)
16,736 reads
The SQL Scrabble Puzzle
An enhancement to a Phil Factor puzzle gives you a chance to play scrabble in T-SQL.
2014-12-05
8,421 reads
Webinar: Performance Tuning .NET & SQL Code Using ANTS Performance Profiler
In this LIDNUG webinar, Mitchel Sellers walks through performance tuning best practices, and investigates how developers can use ANTS Performance Profiler to explore their application code and the SQL queries and execution plans behind it.
2014-12-05
7,720 reads
Monitor Database Growth and Usage
Create a repository of all your database devices and stay informed about changes in their size and usage.
2014-12-04
11,250 reads
Bitwise Operations in T-SQL
How can you get a list of columns that have changed within a trigger in T-SQL? How can you see what bits are set within a varbinary or integer? How would you pass a bitmap parameter to a system stored procedure? Phil Factor has answers.
2014-12-03
11,287 reads
Runbooks in SQL Azure
SQL Azure Runbooks promise to be your “SQL Server Agent in the cloud” enabling automation of time consuming, repetitive tasks.
2014-12-02
6,462 reads
Using Stored Procedures to Provide an Application’s Business-Logic Layer
When faced with a complex business application, Dwain's team chose to encapsulate and implement most of an application’s business logic in SQL Server, using an interface made up of stored procedures. Here's how they did it.
2014-12-01
9,228 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...
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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