SQL Lunch Recordings Now Available
After several tries I think we finally have it working. If you were unable to attend the last two SQLLunches,...
2009-11-18
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Blog Posts
Cumulative Update 5 For SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. You can go here to request the...
2009-11-17
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Dev Connections Recap
Last week I attended the Dev Connections conference for the first time. It was held in the Mandalay Bay resort...
2009-11-17
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I have a Tag
That’s a Microsoft Tag. I’m not quite sure what exactly to do with it, but here it is. Evidently you’re...
2009-11-17
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PASS Update #19 (SQL Server Standard)
In a recent blog post Brent Ozar questioned why PASS decided to relaunch the SQL Server Standard given the failure...
2009-11-17
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Proof
SQL Rockstar tells me that unless there are photo’s, it didn’t happen. Brad McGehee published some pictures from DevConnections. See,...
2009-11-17
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Record of a PSS Call
Not everyone has the opportunity to call Microsoft Premier Support. For those who have not yet had this experience, I’ll...
2009-11-17
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Sql Server - Union and Union All
Union and Union All, both are used to select data from one or more than one tables but still they...
2009-11-17
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SQL Server 2008 iFTS Lessons Learned
We have been using SQL Server 2008 Integrated Full Text Search (iFTS) in Production at NewsGator for a little over...
2009-11-17
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SQL Server MVP Deep Dives Book Signing At PASS Summit
Kimberly Trippposted today about the SQL Server MVP Deep Dives book signing event at PASS on November 4. The PASS...
2009-11-17
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
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SQL Art, Part 3: Happy Easter Fun in SSMS
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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