Another reason that T-SQL beats the GUI
In IT, we have a few very solid and universal principles that no one ever argues with. The first of...
2011-11-14
574 reads
Jen McCown
Things I Favorited on Twitter (a weekly wrapup, of sorts)
Each Friday on @Midnight">DBAs@Midnight (my live weekly webshow, 11pm CST at webshow.MidnightDBA.com!) I don’t feel like I have enough time...
2011-11-04
934 reads
SQL Tribal Knowledge
Calling all unpublished* SQL Server folk!
I’m now accepting abstracts for a new project we’re putting together – a community-written book of...
2011-11-01
870 reads
Applied SQL: Demonstrate Simple Backup and Restore
Let’s apply a little backup and restore knowledge, eh wot?
I introduce this whole concept in Applied SQL: You Have Homework....
2011-10-26
799 reads
Un-SQL Friday #006: Living in the Intertubez
We’ve had some BIG fun this week, relatively speaking, with #SQLSue and #SQLIdiot and just general #SQLcraziness. We’ve had several...
2011-10-20
598 reads
RSS Tuning Whitepaper notes and clarifications
This morning this caught my eye on SQLServerCentral.com: Maximizing SQL Server Throughput with RSS Tuning(it came with a catchy SQLCAT...
2011-10-19
666 reads
Rat Sues Corn! Rather, rat accuses corn of thought-theft! Or something!
Note: I will be updating this post with, er, updates as I get them…
We’ve had our fair share of plagarists,...
2011-10-18
679 reads
PASS Summit 2011 Day 3 – Keynote Live Blog with Dr. DeWitt!
Today’s keynote with Dr. DeWitt starts at 8:15am EDT. Click here to watch today’s keynote live. For information on today’s...
2011-10-14
1,681 reads
PASS Summit 2011 Day 2 – Keynote Live Blog
Today’s keynote with Quentin Clark starts at 8:15am EDT. Click here to watch today’s keynote live. For information on today’s...
2011-10-13
600 reads
PASS Summit Day 2 – Women in Technology Live Blog
Jes Borland Hosts the 2011 WIT Luncheon
Click here to watch today’s WIT luncheon live. For information on today’s luncheon and...
2011-10-13
874 reads
Blogs
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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