SQLSaturday #308 Houston, TX Saturday May 10th
This will be the second SQLSaturday in Houston I have spoken at and I am excited about talking Execution Plans...
2014-05-07
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Blog Posts
What’s Happening at the PASS Business Analytics Conference?
Watch below for live updates during the conference Stay tuned and you’ll find out what’s going on during this week...
2014-05-07
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Datatypes In Your Mind–Question Of The Day
My latest question Datatypes In Your Mind is live today and it’s generated quite the discussion. I wrote here about...
2014-05-06
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Filetable–Moving files programmatically
I’ve been playing with Filetable and I was asked an interesting question. Can I move files to a folder programmatically?
It’s...
2014-05-06
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Using a Filtered Index to Enforce Filtered Uniqueness
One of the advantages and uses of Filtered Indexes (introduced with SQL Server 2008) is to provide filtered uniqueness. Obviously...
2014-05-06 (first published: 2014-04-24)
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VMworld 2014 Session Voting Is Open!
I can’t believe it’s that time of year again. VMware has opened up the public voting for the VMworld 2014...
2014-05-06
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Applied SQL: Orphan a user, fix orphaned users (sp_FixOrphanedUsers)
Ever heard of orphaned users? It’s a database user account, disconnected from its associated login. You typically get this when...
2014-05-05
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Cumulative Update – 1 for SQL Server 2014 RTM Rollback by Microsoft !
The 1st cumulative update release for SQL Server 2014 RTM was released by Microsoft.
But due to issues in setup Microsoft...
2014-05-05
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Cumulative Update – 12 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
The 12th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the...
2014-05-05
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Enable CLR with Powershell
I had an email last night from someone who attended my PowerShell Box of Tricks session at SQL Saturday Exeter
He...
2014-05-05
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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