Presenting Tomorrow (Thursday) via Webinar - SQL Server Security
I have the privilege of being able to give a webinar tomorrow, November 3, at 11 AM EDT. It will...
2011-11-02
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Blog Posts
Salaried employee vs contractor
Are you a salaried employee looking to switch to a W-2 or 1099 contractor? (For an explanation of W-2 and...
2011-11-02
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SQL Saturday #87 Report
I drove the over 250 miles from my home in Edwardsville, IL, to attend the SQL Server 87 in Louisville,...
2011-11-02
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WAN Optimization Solutions–Input Needed Please!
I was just wondering if anyone has a WAN optimization solution as part of their infrastructure. I have a few...
2011-11-02
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10 More Days Until Inspiration! - SQLInspireNYC 2011
Can't believe we're ONLY 10 days out from what's shaping up to be quite an extraordinary awesome event! We've been...
2011-11-01
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Backup/restore/checkdb/shrinkfile progress
Have you ever wonderet how long you need to wait for a backup or restore command to complete? If you...
2011-11-01
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Being an Effective DBA Remotely
Do not let the phrase “out of sight, out of mind” apply to you.
As Data Professionals a lot of us...
2011-11-01
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BI Pyramid (read categories of users in a BI solution)
Purpose of any business intelligence solution is to provide users information and enable them to make intelligent decisions that benefit their...
2011-11-01
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Fame and Social Media
Reading this post about Alton Brown from Good Eats triggered me to think on the topic. It looks like initially...
2011-11-01
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Fatal Error Emails This Morning…
So every morning I check my email on my phone. Normally, I don’t see any error emails from SQL Server...
2011-11-01
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Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
The Power of Data and Privacy
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What's the Date?
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Two New Shortcuts for Fabric Lakehouse Developers: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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