Un-SQL Friday #005: Bad Interviews
Yesterday a friend told me a tale of an interview he conducted with a, shall we say, less than desirable...
2011-07-19
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Blog Posts
Vote for the 2011 Exceptional DBA of the Year Award
It’s been my experience that most DBA’s aren’t properly recognized for their contributions to their organizations. As the “protectors of...
2011-07-19
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Denali SQLPS First Impressions
I’ve taken a few hours to try out Denali CTP 3 sqlps and noticed some welcome changes. The biggest change...
2011-07-18
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Event: NJSQL UG Tomorrow 7/19 - Management Data Warehouse
If you're in the local NY/NJ Tri-State area, and planning on attending, this is a reminder from the New Jersey...
2011-07-18
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Execute Permissions
Written by David Postlethwaite
Security of the SQL database is becoming more and more important these days yet I’m finding that...
2011-07-18
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Manic Monday......Notes from the field, Playing catchup
It's the beginning of the new work week, and as they say, it's Just Another Manic Monday....[Bangles].
I have a...
2011-07-18
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP2 Cumulative Update 5 Released
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2. This CU has ten fixes listed in...
2011-07-18
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PASS Update #60
I’ve written a lot here, but for June & July (and part of August) I’m trying to just keep the ship...
2011-07-18
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Presenting Upserts to PASS AppDev VC
Hopefully this crowd knows a little about what they're getting into! John Jakubowski (blog|twitter) has graciously asked me to present on upsert strategies with SSIS. What are "upserts"? A...
2011-07-18
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Presenting Upserts to PASS AppDev VC
Hopefully this crowd knows a little about what they're getting into! John Jakubowski (blog|twitter) has graciously asked me to present on upsert strategies with SSIS. What are "upserts"? A...
2011-07-18
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Blogs
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
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Checking the Error Log I
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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