Full-Text Search – Word Breakers and Stemmers
There are numerous components to the Full-Text Search (FTS) subsystem in SQL Server that help provide efficient, relative answers to...
2013-01-14
4,505 reads
Steve Jones
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Global Insecurities
The various security scans of 2012 reported lots of potential problems in companies. Why don't vendors make it easier for us to install and configure their software securely?
2013-01-14
79 reads
The Java Danger
This week a vulnerability in Java has prompted a large scale notice to the general public.
2013-01-14
164 reads
The Auditing Poll
Is auditing in use in your applications? Steve Jones wants to know as he thinks it will be more important in the future for most software.
2013-01-11
111 reads
A Patch Disaster
What would happen if the wrong patches were applied to your database server? The results could be a huge problem. Steve Jones reminds you to be careful with mass patches.
2013-01-10
145 reads
sp_Blitz, v16, on SQLServerCentral
Brent Ozar Unlimited released v16 of this sp_blitz script, which is designed to run on a SQL Server instance and...
2013-01-10
1,401 reads
SQLServerCentral Runs sp_Blitz - Security
A series that looks at the SQLServerCentral database servers using the Brent Ozar Unlimited sp_blitz script. Read about what we learned.
2013-01-10
10,065 reads
A Learning Experiment
I’ve been looking for ways to improve the way I do my job, which is mostly writing and editing, but...
2013-01-09
1,163 reads
Statistical Protection
Statistical databases contain lots of information that can be used in a variety of ways, but it can also be abused. Steve Jones talks about some of the problems and potential solutions.
2013-01-08
113 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #38 – Standing Firm
It’s T-SQL Time again, and this time it’s #38, from Jason Brimhall (b | t | li). The topic this month is...
2013-01-08
1,190 reads
Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
Forums
query to track time spent on individual tasks in SSIS
Hi everyone I am looking at building a query to determine how much time...
SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server Transactional Replication from...
Hidden Heroes
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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