Syncing Releases
Is the future for product releases and upgrades, to be synchronized with point releases? Steve Jones relishes the possibility.
2009-06-03
569 reads
Articles
Tracking and Reporting Database Growth
An article from new author Lokesh Gunjugnur that shows how you can set up tracking for database growth on multiple servers and creating custom reports in Excel.
2009-06-02
14,506 reads
DBA:M and the SQL Backup 6.0 pre-release
Rodney Landrum, DBA manager in Pensacola, Florida, puts the pain of DBA:M into context as we learn about how SQL Backup can evolve to keep pace. Take a look at the changes we’ve got planned to help time-pressed DBAs in the forthcoming pre-release of version 6.0, including a new compression level and network resilience.
2009-06-02
2,217 reads
Formatted date in SQL Server 2008
Learn how to get most of the formats required by different countries and applications, using one common date function.
2009-06-02
3,748 reads
Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Extended Events
SQL Server 2008 Extended Events are the new low level, high performance eventing system in SQL Server. They use less system resources and provide better tracking of SQL Server performance than previous methods like Perfmon and SQL Trace/Profiler events.
2009-06-02
2,515 reads
The Problem Is You
Why doesn't SQL Server just run smoothly after it's installed? Steve Jones thinks the problem is you.
2009-06-02
97 reads
The Problem Is You
Why doesn't SQL Server just run smoothly after it's installed? Steve Jones thinks the problem is you.
2009-06-02
89 reads
The Problem Is You
Why doesn't SQL Server just run smoothly after it's installed? Steve Jones thinks the problem is you.
2009-06-02
333 reads
Why I Say Something about Running as Administrator
On a couple of recent webcasts, I pointed out the folks were running with the local Administrator account. To start this out, I'm not a big fan of security by obfuscation. Security by obfuscation (not code obfuscation, but security by obscurity, if...
2009-06-02
2,556 reads
Writing Dynamic Stored Procedure
In this article I have shown a way of writing queries in which WHERE clause of the query is executed dynamically depending on values of input parameters.
2009-06-01
19,351 reads
Blogs
How to Install DBeaver and Connect to a PostgreSQL Instance
By gbargsley
Whether you’re a seasoned DBA or just exploring database tools, DBeaver offers a powerful,...
DBAs should never run SSMS under their everyday Windows account
DBAs should never run SSMS under their everyday Windows account If you open SSMS under...
macOS Tahoe breaks SQL Server on Docker containers on Apple silicon
The honeymoon is over, and macOS 26 Tahoe broke the Rosetta 2 emulation layer...
Forums
Extract from sql.to multiple sheets
Import-Module ImportExcel # Path to your .sql file $sqlFile = "C:\Data\MyQueries.sql" $excelPath = "C:\Data\SqlExtract_$(Get-Date...
sp_prepare and sp_execute vs sp_executesql
I have noticed sp_executesql also makes a single plan for a stmt with parameter...
Question of the Day
Who am I?
If I want to track which login called a stored procedure and use the value in an audit, what function can I use to replace the xxx below?
create procedure AddNewCustomer
@customername varchar(200)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @added VARCHAR(100)
SELECT @added = xxx
IF @customername IS NOT NULL
INSERT dbo.Customer
(
CustomerName,
AddedBy
)
VALUES
(@customername, @added)
END See possible answers