It’s time. After years of building this site to work with SQL Server, I sold it to Red Gate Software. Part of that transaction meant that I had to work for Red Gate for a period of time afterwards. I think I’ve done a good job in that time, but I don’t own this site anymore, and can’t compete with it contractually.
2009-04-01
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Is the next data center for your SQL Servers going to be portable? Steve Jones comments on some of the changes being put forth by Microsoft and others.
2009-04-01
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Is the next data center for your SQL Servers going to be portable? Steve Jones comments on some of the changes being put forth by Microsoft and others.
2009-04-01
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Is the next data center for your SQL Servers going to be portable? Steve Jones comments on some of the changes being put forth by Microsoft and others.
2009-04-01
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Too many authors in the field of relational theory have neglected the concept of Cardinal Reciprocity. This can cause a number of subtle problems with database design in terms of its derivability, redundancy, and consistency. . Increasingly, this little-understood aspect of relational theory, that emphasises the cardinality of the attributes of tuples in a relation and the reciprocity with isomorphic foreign key restraints, is becoming a hot forum topic.
2009-04-01
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The process to use a vb script task to check for a file existence over a time range.
2009-03-31
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This SQL School video from MVP Andy Warren shows you how to use the OpenRowSet command to access data stored outside of SQL Server.
2009-03-31
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Many SQL Server developers and DBAs have, in the past, had their own favourite diagnostic Stored Procedures for investigating blocking issues. But since SQL Server 2005, it's a good idea to use the SQL Profiler for all but the most complex problems. Brad McGehee takes us through the steps...
2009-03-31
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This article introduces the reader to Powershell. The application that it demonstrates is one that monitors SQL Server Agent to make sure it is running.
2009-03-31
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Creating KML files for many of the GIS applications such as Google Earth can be an easy and rich part of your business intelligence efforts
2009-03-30
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By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
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