Blobs and Filestreams
In the next week or so I’ll be upgrading the SQL 2005 server that has the SQLSaturday database and I’m...
2009-09-14
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Blog Posts
Denver Area SQL Server User Group Week
All the Denver area groups are having their meetings this week. If you're in the area, try to attend a...
2009-09-14
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Editorial on SQL Server Central
My first one over there. It’s discussing whether or not you should do two things, build your own monitoring tool,...
2009-09-14
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Getting Into the Biz, Part 3
In a couple of previous posts (Part One and Part Two), I shared some thoughts about starting a career path...
2009-09-14
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North Texas SQL Server User Group Meeting on Thursday
The monthly North Texas SQL Server User Group (NTSSUG) meeting will be held this Thursday, September 17, at 7:00pm at...
2009-09-14
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PASS Chapter Starting Up in Charleston, SC
Woo hoo! Charleston, SC is starting up a Professional Association for SQL Server official chapter. It is being started up...
2009-09-14
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PASS Summit – Last Chance for Discounted Rate
Through tomorrow you can register for the very discounted rate of $1395 – details at http://summit2009.sqlpass.org. Historically we see a surge...
2009-09-14
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Republished Article
Well, the first of two articles I originally had published on sswug.org will be published on ssc tomorrow. I'm looking...
2009-09-14
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The Fundamentals of Storage Systems - Introduction
At least once a year I give a large talk on disk subsystems, IO and SQL Server. It’s a ground...
2009-09-14
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The Resource Database
I saw a post recently that asked about backing up the Resource database. The person said they just realized that...
2009-09-14
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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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