Stats blob corruptions
There have been a couple odd types of corruption that I’ve been seeing on the forums. I want to take...
2009-08-24
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Blog Posts
The Need for a College Degree
I'm reading through Brad McGehee'sHow to Be an Exceptional DBAand in chapter 4 he talks about having the right skill...
2009-08-24
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Types Matter!
Louis Davidson (@DrSql) had an excellent series on his blog on the Pillars of Database Design and the one of...
2009-08-24
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A New Identity
Well, perhaps not a whole new identity, just a consolidation of multiple facets of my online persona. For several years...
2009-08-23
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Active August –> Week 3 Recap
Well, I had a pretty good week this week. I made an effort and met all my goals:
Eat smaller portions...
2009-08-23
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Beware the REPLACE function when doing heavy string parsing
I found something interesting the other day. I was attempting to optimize a very heavy string parsing routine using T-SQL...
2009-08-23
8,671 reads
PASS Update #13
It’s been a busy few weeks since update #12. We announced guidelines for submitting content to sqlpass.org, an effort that...
2009-08-23
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SOX in the City - Preparations for Audit
As I was going through some of my documentation at past clients, I found my summary of the general SOX...
2009-08-23
2,461 reads
The Netbook: 40 Days In
I wrote last month about purchasing a new Toshiba netbook to supplement my mobile computing arsenal. Forty days later, I’m...
2009-08-22
611 reads
Welcome Home !!
I realize I have been relatively quiet for a while, but summer is actually a fairly busy time for us...
2009-08-22
1,215 reads
Blogs
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....
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
By DataOnWheels
I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
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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