Moving Day
When you upgrade to a new server, there's more than just making sure that everything is ready to move, but do you clean house? Do you ever go back and ensure you're not moving things that you don't need?
2009-09-17
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Articles
Recursion with SQL Server 2008 within the Financial World
As most of you, we in the financial world have often been faced with the challenge of extracting data from relational sources that within the business frame of reference are more hierarchical in nature. Recently, I did what most of us do from time to.
2009-09-17
2,271 reads
Securing Reporting Services Data Sources
Marcin Policht continues his discussion of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition security related topics by describing functionality that facilitates protecting HTTP-based communication with the Reporting Services Web site by leveraging Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption.
2009-09-17
2,126 reads
What happened to that email?
This question:
Created script to send mails using sp_send_dbmail- working like a charm.
Now searching for a way to get...
2009-09-17
1,143 reads
SQL Server Agent Jobs – Displaying Status in an Application
This article shows ways of getting feedback to your users when running a SQL Server agent job from an ASP.NET page
2009-09-16
9,323 reads
Accommodating Null Values in SQL Server
The key to working with null values properly is to accommodate them consistently. Learn a few tricks that will help you do just that.
2009-09-16
4,497 reads
Migrating SQL Server Databases - The DBA's Checklist (Part 1)
Migrating a database is often a task fraught with complications, this series examines the key issues in a simple checklist.
2009-09-16
3,369 reads
Star Join Optimization in SQL Server 2008
When working with a dimensionally modeled data warehouse it is common for a large number of your queries to follow...
2009-09-16
5,791 reads
What Will I See at SQL Connections?
The SQL Connections conference will be held this November in Las Vegas and Steve Jones is attending. See what he's interested in viewing at the event.
2009-09-16
537 reads
What Will I See at SQL Connections?
The SQL Connections conference will be held this November in Las Vegas and Steve Jones is attending. See what he's interested in viewing at the event.
2009-09-16
520 reads
Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
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T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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