What Do You Do When Your Employer Doesn’t Want to Support Your DBA Career?
At the 2009 PASS Community Summit, I have gotten the opportunity to talk to many DBAs, and to find out...
2009-11-04
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Blog Posts
Women in Technology Luncheon
I've never attended this in the past, but I've wanted to. As the father of young girl I want to...
2009-11-04
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Basic iFTS Monitoring Queries
This is one of the scripts that I will be using for my presentation “Tips and Tricks for Using SQL...
2009-11-03
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Check out Straight to 8 Program
We seem to be busting at the seams lately with quality content from great providers. I wanted to recommend to...
2009-11-03
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Date Expressions in SSIS
There are many different ways to manipulate dates when working with them in SSIS. Many great examples have been posted...
2009-11-03
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Day 1 – PASS Summit 2009
Up early again, started my day at the Convention Center for breakfast. Light breakfast, drinking water, never seem to drink...
2009-11-03
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Day Zero of PASS (Pre-conference seminar with Kim Tripp)
This week, I’m blogging and tweeting from the PASS Community Summit in Seattle, Washington. The week of the Summit is...
2009-11-03
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DB Audit Challenge #1 - Part II - Get a Clue
In the spirit of my Who DID IT and RAN SQL Caper presentation.....
OK, I was hoping to get the creative juices...
2009-11-03
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Importing a SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Database
Have you ever lost your project file for a SQL Server Analysis Services database? There is a great option to...
2009-11-03
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Kick xp_sendmail to the curb
With the advent of SQL Server 2005 and 2008, mail in the database engine has changed dramatically. Previously you had...
2009-11-03
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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
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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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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