SQL Server 2008 R2 Books OnLine - available now...
SQL Server 2008 R2 is released on April 21st, 2010 and in parallel with this new release, now is available...
2010-04-26
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Blog Posts
SQL University: Auditing SQL Server, Part I
Welcome to the Security and Auditing Week for SQL University. Last semester we looked at the basics of SQL Server...
2010-04-26
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SQLSaturday Sites Will be Offline For Part of April 27, 2010
We’re scheduled to begin moving web sites and data to PASS servers at 12:00 pm Eastern on April 27, 2010....
2010-04-26
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SQLSaturday Success! NYC #39, has left the building.....
Well, it’s Monday morning and back to the DBA salt mines!
Now that SQLSaturday #39 is all but a joyful...
2010-04-26
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SSIS : Conditional Split optimization
I have built an enormous number of packages for this project over the past few weeks (just over 60) and...
2010-04-26
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SSIS : Using the VariableDispenser object within Script Components
I have become accustom to modifying package variables within my Script Task using the VariablesDispenser object. It is convenient and powerful. I started working...
2010-04-26
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SSIS : Using the VariableDispenser object within Script Components
I have become accustom to modifying package variables within my Script Task using the VariablesDispenser object. It is convenient and powerful. I started working...
2010-04-26
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Upgrading your Beta/CTP Software
This is one of the reasons that I don’t like to put CTP software (or Beta software) onto machines that...
2010-04-26
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A DMV a Day – Day 25
The DMV for Day 25 is sys.dm_os_memory_cache_counters, which is described by BOL as:
Returns a snapshot of the health of a...
2010-04-25
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Need Data from a Mac: TransMac for Reading HFS Volumes a Lifesaver
Recently I was handed over a HFS volume to read from my colleague who uses his Macbook exclusively. We had...
2010-04-25
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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...
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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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