Linked Servers
Do you have linked servers that have been created in your environment? Do you know what these linked servers are? Finding Linked Servers SQL Server has provided us means...
2012-03-01
4 reads
Jason Brimhall
Using SSIS to Maintain the File System
Integration Services is one of the more flexible tools available on the SQL Server platform. Jason Brimhall shows us a way to remove old files, either backups or flat files, after a configurable period of time.
2012-02-24
7,240 reads
2012-02-08
1,157 reads
Goals 2012
As I have wanted to do each year, here is my goals post for 2012. Last year I set out to do this very same thing but was very...
2012-02-08
1 reads
Freedom
Not too long ago, I blogged about a Book called Daemon. Freedom is the sequel to Daemon. I enjoyed reading this book. The story continues from Daemon, but in...
2012-02-07
7 reads
Freedom
Not too long ago, I blogged about a Book called Daemon. Freedom is the sequel to Daemon.
I enjoyed reading this...
2012-02-07
713 reads
S3OLV – Get your Merge On
We are rapidly closing in on the February meeting for S3OLV. You might remember reading about the upcoming meeting here.
We...
2012-02-07
641 reads
S3OLV – Get your Merge On
We are rapidly closing in on the February meeting for S3OLV. You might remember reading about the upcoming meeting here. We are looking to have an excellent meeting this...
2012-02-07
3 reads
Slammer, Alive…Barely
Slammer
By now you must have heard of the SQL Slammer worm. It was quite an infectious little nuisance. The harm...
2012-01-30 (first published: 2012-01-24)
2,425 reads
System Base Tables
On January 19th, I published a post about the Dedicated Administrator Connection. I spoke very briefly of the system base...
2012-01-30
1,363 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers