Running SQL Server Jobs using a Proxy Account
Proxy accounts are a useful tool to enable teams to work independently allow users who do not have administrative access to SQL Server to run jobs.
2010-05-31
2,735 reads
Articles
TSQL Challenge 31 - Managing multiple overlapping date intervals.
This challenge is adapted from a budgeting system used in a large company to perform quarterly analysis of what kind of work will be done and where it will be done. Project Managers make plans and the estimated hours of work required from each employee each month end up in a central database. Top managers want to see a synthesis of this by department and profession
2010-05-31
2,449 reads
Transaction Log Growth, do you need it?
One of the most common questions asked about SQL Server has to do with the transaction log and why does it grow. James Rea brings us a good explanation here of what happens and what you should do about it.
2010-05-28 (first published: 2009-01-05)
32,756 reads
Sharing Your Scripts - Made Easy
Windows PowerShell v2 introduces self-contained “modules,” making it easier to share scripts with reusable functions, custom format views or type extensions.
2010-05-28
2,789 reads
SQL Saturday #22 - Pensacola
A free one day training event from SQL Saturday and the Pensacola SQL Server groups. Come join Steve Jones and Brad McGehee if you are in the area on Jun 5, 2010.
2010-05-28 (first published: 2010-05-10)
2,335 reads
Sending HTML Newsletters in a Batch Using SQL Server
Sending a large volume of emails can put a strain on a mail relay server. However many people using SQL Server will need to do just that for things like newsletters, mailing lists, etc. Satnam Singh brings us a way to spread out the load by sending newsletters in multiple batches instead of one large process.
2010-05-27
9,595 reads
Using dates, and times in SQL Server: a workbench approach
In this workbench, Robyn Page provides a gentle introduction to the use of dates in SQL Server. In this new version of her article, it is brought up to date with the newer Datetime features in SQL Server 2005 and 2008.
2010-05-27
5,598 reads
SQL Connections 2010
This year SQLServerCentral is sponsoring another track at the SQL Connections conference in Las Vegas.
2010-05-26
157 reads
Time Bomb Design - A Longer Fuse
In a sequel to his first article on Time Bomb Design, David Poole examines the issues we find between development environments and production ones.
2010-05-26
10,582 reads
SQL Server MasterClass with Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal
If you will be in London on June 17th, this is an event you do not want to miss.
2010-05-26
2,090 reads
Blogs
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Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
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