Come Visit the Tacoma SQL Server Users Group
A new user group is forming at the University of Washington in Tacoma, WA. Come to their next meeting on Sept 29th, 2011.
2011-09-26
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Articles
SQL Code Reuse: Teaching a Dog New Tricks
Developers, by every natural instinct and training, strive to make their code reusable and generic. Dissuading them from doing so, in certain circumstances, is akin to trying to persuade a dog not to fetch a stick.
2011-09-26
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SQL Server Log Shipping For Large Databases
In this article you will see the detailed steps needed to implement the log shipping for large databases.
2011-09-23
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SQL Source Control Webinar 11 - Whatever Your Source Control System - Seamlessly Link it to SQL Server
In this free webinar you will learn how to effortlessly source control your database using SVN, TFS, Vault, Vault Pro, Perforce, Mercurial, GIT, and Bazaar to name just a few, in fact any source control system with a command line. See how to download, install and share changes in under 5 minutes.
2011-09-23
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Custom SSMS Shortcuts for ETL Developer. Part 1: SELECT in a Keystroke
This is the first of three tips on how ETL Developers can be more productive by applying custom SSMS shortcuts to the most often used tasks.
2011-09-22
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2011-09-22 (first published: 2009-10-21)
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Prepare for Disaster Recovery - Webinar #13
The SQLServerCentral webinar series continues with Steve Jones talking about the ways you can recover from disasters with a little preparation.
2011-09-22
1,990 reads
Temporary Tables in SQL Server
Temporary tables are used by every DB developer, but they're not likely to be too adventurous with their use, or exploit all their advantages. They can improve your code's performance and maintainability, but can be the source of grief to both developer and DBA if things go wrong and a process grinds away inexorably slowly. We asked Phil Factor for advice, thinking that it would be a simple explanation.
2011-09-22
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An interview with Jeff Moden: Exceptional DBA of 2011 and natural helper
Jeff Moden has been elected as the Exceptional DBA of 2011. Here, Jeff talks to Bob Cramblitt about the life of an exeptional DBA.
2011-09-21
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2011-09-20 (first published: 2009-10-14)
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Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
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String Similarity II
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