Thoughts on the 24 hours of PASS
From all indications, the first 24 hours of PASS was a resounding success. Hundreds of attendees for each session, minimal...
2009-09-03
363 reads
Blog Posts
Use the Best Tool for the Task - Part 2
Yesterday I posted about how Transact-SQL was better suited than SMO for gathering details about database files for a database...
2009-09-03
393 reads
Warming up Analysis Services with Preallocate
With Windows Server 2003 many people found that Analysis Services (SSAS) was slow to get going sometimes. So a preallocate...
2009-09-03
1,747 reads
24 Hours of PASS was an Adventure
On July 21, just a few short weeks ago, I got an e-mail from Rick Heiges, who is on the...
2009-09-02
656 reads
Article of the Week – SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Enhancements
I have been following this series of articles since the first article was published on SQLServerCentral. The author, Arshad Ali,...
2009-09-02
746 reads
Building a Better Blog
I had a great session for the 24 Hours of PASS on Building a Better Blog. Not sure how well...
2009-09-02
641 reads
Data Type Synonyms
Today on sql server central QOD. very interesting question on Data Type Synonyms...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/questions/Programming/67390/
We can use the synonyms data type also...
2009-09-02
631 reads
Finally Migrating from SQL 2000
I suspect I’m not alone in that I’ve had SQL 2000 running for a long time with no problems and...
2009-09-02
421 reads
How practical is a netbook?
I’ve I was having lunch with another SQL Geek and we were talking about netbooks and how practical they are....
2009-09-02
1,447 reads
How To Get Table Row Counts Quickly And Painlessley
Just a quick note to call out that I've had an article posted on SQLServerCentral that shows how to retrieve...
2009-09-02
446 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item This Week's AI Trust Problem...
Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI...
Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
See possible answers