Article of the Week – Sanjay Mirsha (Data Compression)
Data Compression was introduced in SQL Server 2008. This feature helps compress data inside the database, thus potentially reducing the...
2009-11-10
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Patrick LeBlanc
New Job with Pragmatic Works
Well if you attended PASS, you already know that I am changing jobs. I recently accepted a position with Pragmatic...
2009-11-09
672 reads
Today’s SQL Lunch – Understanding and Preventing SQL Injection with Kevin Kline
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2009-11-09
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PASS Presentation Rehearsal
My friend Trevor Barkhouse called me up a couple of nights ago and asked if I could host a Live...
2009-10-30
1,581 reads
SQLLunch – Accidental DBA and Performance Data Collector
If you haven’t had a chance to attend the SQL Lunch Live Meeting learning series then sign in Monday at...
2009-10-23
874 reads
Wildcard – Match One Character using Underscore (_)
I was recently contacted by a developer with what I would consider to be a very simple question. How do...
2009-10-21
2,700 reads
SQL Saturday #21 Orlando – Recap
This past weekend I had the pleasure of not only attending, but speaking at SQL Saturday in Orlando, FL. When...
2009-10-19
858 reads
MSDE – Database Size Limit
Most of you are aware that the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) limits database size to 2 gigabytes. ...
2009-10-13
6,074 reads
SQL Server Lunch Milestone (100+ Attendees)
Today’s SQL Lunch was a huge success, even though we experienced a few technical difficulties. Tim Mitchell spoke on Deploying...
2009-10-12
774 reads
Baton Rouge October SQL Server User Group
Last night I presented, Monitoring Disk Space using CLR, to the Baton Rouge Area SQL Server User Group. There were...
2009-10-09
729 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?
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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
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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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