New Hotness: sys.objects and sys.schemas
Last month we talked about the old and busted syscomments- and the new hotness that is sys.sql_modules – for pulling code out of...
2010-10-08
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Blog Posts
Planning to Fail
Great title for a post, isn’t it? Seems foolish, lazy, or worse to plan for failure, right? Yet, in the...
2010-10-08
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SQL Lunch #32: SSIS Design Patterns, with Andy Leonard
Don't miss SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard on the SQL Lunch, Monday, October 11th.
#32-SSIS Design Patterns 1c: Variables, Events, and...
2010-10-08
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SQL Server Memory Related Queries
What is using all of my memory in SQL Server? If you ever believe that you are seeing signs of...
2010-10-08
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SSRS - Join Function
Often when designing a Reporting Services with parameters you
may be required to display those parameter values on your report.This is...
2010-10-08
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A little planning would have gone a long way
I was doing a database server migration for a client this week that involved a local database server with Access...
2010-10-07
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At The End of the IO Road With C#? Pave New Road!
Not being one for letting a problem get the best of me, I took another look at the asynchronous overlapped...
2010-10-07
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How MUCH More Do You Make?
Yesterday, my SQLServerCentral.com editorial Why are we still talking about Women in Tech? was published, and we had a fine...
2010-10-07
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Literacy & Teaching
I found The Literacy Project at Google after seeing a local op-ed piece about literacy. I love to read, a...
2010-10-07
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My Favorite Attorney – Chris D’Amico
Not often I do plugs here, but then again, it’s rare that I just get first class service, so read...
2010-10-07
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Blogs
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
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Backing Up a DMK
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