Automating SQL Server Agent Notification
This article looks at some automated approaches of monitoring SQL Server agent jobs.
2014-08-13
9,647 reads
Articles
Adding Custom Reports to SQL Server Management Studio
In this tip, Koen Verbeeck explores how to apply business intelligence solutions to administrative tasks, specifically creating custom reports and adding them to SQL Server Management Studio.
2014-08-12
10,920 reads
SQL Saturday #320 - Raleigh, NC
SQL Saturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. The Triangle SQL Server user group (http://www.tripass.org) of Raleigh, NC is hosting this event on September 6, 2014. Register while space is available.
2014-08-12
8,228 reads
Verify SQL Backup Integrity
Perform automated database restores and check the integrity of your backup files
2014-08-11
5,510 reads
Practically Cloudy: SQL Server Disaster Recovery to Microsoft Azure - Backups
In the first in a series on the practicalities of using the Microsoft Azure Platform for the SQL Server professional, Buck Woody shows that, whatever your version of SQL Server, there is a way of storing offsite backups in the cloud.
2014-08-11
9,549 reads
How to Create a Corrupt SQL Server Database
This article details how to create a corrupt SQL Server database for testing purposes
2014-08-08 (first published: 2012-05-04)
20,974 reads
SQL Saturday #327 - Johannesburg
SQL Saturday is coming to Johannesburg on August 30. Join in for a free day of SQL Server training and networking. Register while spaces are available.
2014-08-08
7,706 reads
The SQL of Membership: Equivalence Classes & Cliques
It is awkward to do 'Graph databases' in SQL to explore the sort of relationships and memberships in social networks because equivalence relations are classes (a set of sets) rather than sets. However one can explore graphs in SQL if the relationship has all three of the mathematical properties needed for an equivalence relationship.
2014-08-08
9,485 reads
Introducing the Columnstore Index
A brief overview of Columnstore index and its usage with an example
2014-08-07
8,181 reads
What do you consider important when performance testing?
What data specific considerations do you make when preparing for performance testing?
2014-08-07
257 reads
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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