Self-Managed Oracle Databases – Good or Bad ?!
Should we as DBAs be worried that we will become surplus to requirements if Oracle continues to enhance its capabilities to deliver a self-managing...
2010-02-23
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Blog Posts
Setup a Database Snapshot
I have been tinkering lately with database snapshots and I thought the subject warranted a short post on the subject....
2010-02-23
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Gets a Real Date
Hot Off The Presses !
This isn’t like when you stood in line at the kissing booth in high school. SQL...
2010-02-23
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Viewing Missing Indexes in Management Studio 2005
If you’ve used SQL Server 2008 Management Studio (SSMS 2008), you may have noticed that Microsoft added a pretty neat...
2010-02-23
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What Would You Do? Management Scenario #1
I’m in the early stages of a book on managing and I’m starting to look for situations that might trigger...
2010-02-23
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Why All The Fuzz?
I really must thank Steve for his editorial on FizzBuzz. It seemed like a really good topic to do some...
2010-02-23
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Why Do I Need All These Servers?
Introduction
I am frequently getting requests for a new server to do this or that. Running through the usual questions to...
2010-02-23
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Why doesn’t my Intellisense work?
After yesterdays’ webinar, we got a lot of great feedback and questions. Once of the more common questions was around...
2010-02-23
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Basic SQL Querying From PowerShell
I promise to make this worth your time. (Oops, I better make this quick.)
Alright so with PowerShell if you open...
2010-02-22
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Christmas Holiday
We booked a vacation over the weekend, so I’m marking off the week before Christmas as vacation this year. Hoping...
2010-02-22
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Blogs
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...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item GPX distance and time analysis...
The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBA is Dead; Long...
Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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