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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Blog Posts
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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SQLServerCentral.com Track at SQL Server Connections
This past week at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Convention Center in Las Vegas, November 11-12, SQLServerCentral.Com held its first...
2009-11-17
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Workflow is important
I have a pretty good administrative system here at SQLServerCentral for managing the site. The upgrades we made in 2007...
2009-11-17
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Article of the Week – Kimberly L. Tripp (Partitioned Tables and Indexes)
When partitioning was first introduced in SQL Server 2005, I thought what a great idea. However, when I started reading...
2009-11-16
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Blowing Off Steam and Recharging
I’ve written a few things about why conferences and events are good, or why it’s valuable for an IT worker...
2009-11-16
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Blogs
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
T-SQL Tuesday #199: Back to the on-prem
It’s the second tuesday of the month, which means T-SQL Tuesday time! This month’s...
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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
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Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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