Servicing SQL Server in the Future
There hasn't been a service pack for SQL Server in a long time. Without knowing the plans for the future, Steve Jones asks you to express your own opinions.
2014-01-28
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Management at Scale
Could you manage 20,000 databases? That's how many servers each person at Facebook has to manage in operations.
2014-01-27
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Powershell in a Month Day 13 – Remote Control
This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about PowerShell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month...
2014-01-27
1,051 reads
Common Checks
This Friday Steve Jones wants to know what types of things are you checking for on your instances. What items can cause you issues if you don't proactively monitor for them.
2014-01-24
224 reads
Too Much Choice
More information and choice are generally good things, but there can be problems. Steve Jones notes that we can't let freedom paralyze us.
2014-01-23
123 reads
Powershell in a Month Day 12 – A Practical Interlude
This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about PowerShell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month...
2014-01-22
868 reads
Software in 2014
What's the state of software in 2014. After reading Tim Bray's analysis, Steve Jones presents his.
2014-01-22
220 reads
Using multiple CTEs in one query
This is a fairly simple thing to do, but I had to look it up the other day and thought...
2014-01-22
1,399 reads
2014-01-22
1,598 reads
Uncontrolled Code
Excel is used quite often to build software, or at least, it's worksheets and formulas simulate software. Steve Jones notes there are lots of problems with this practice.
2014-01-21
286 reads
Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
Forums
Changes, Happiness, and a Few Tears
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BCP on Linux
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You Probably Don't Need a Vector Database
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Question of the Day
BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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