DBA Team Structure – Thoughts From Real Life
I once talked about the DBA team building about 3 years ago, now when I look back, I still believe...
2011-11-20
3,342 reads
Jeffrey Yao
Find the largest tables in a database (II)
I once wrote a post to find the largest tables in a database, and now after studying PowerShell, I feel...
2011-09-18
2,040 reads
Job Exit Planning Strategy
I feel somehow sad today (Aug 31, 2011) to see one of my colleagues “laid-off”. I put quotation mark around...
2011-09-01
1,894 reads
Thoughts on DBA Professional Development
As a DBA, we have a lot to work on and also we have a lot to learn about. The...
2011-08-20
1,400 reads
Counting code lines in SPs with Powershell
One of interesting tasks I once had is to check the # of code lines for all user stored procedures (SPs)...
2011-08-14
1,402 reads
Database Administration Operation Road Map
In my company, every two years, we have a tradition to collectively ponder at the technology road map for the...
2011-08-13
2,339 reads
Delete backup files older than days
For almost all sql backup jobs, we want to have a step to delete old backup files older than a...
2011-08-06
4,531 reads
Find the largest tables in a database
From time to time, I need to find the largest tables in terms of rows / used space / total space etc....
2010-09-28
33,173 reads
Restart SQL Server Default Trace
One of my test servers, due to the unexpected growth of a user db, the local drive is used up,...
2010-08-13
12,010 reads
Proposals to win a MSDN Subscription
Recently quite a few MVPs (here, here and here ) are handling out MSDN Ultimate subscriptions in the community. What interests...
2010-07-08
1,169 reads
Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
Forums
Backup Availability Group
Please I am hoping for some feedback Specifications: Windows Server 2022 SQL Server 2022...
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Do the Experts Become...
Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments...
Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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