Spring Cleaning
As happens occasionally I had a stack of books on my desk that needed to be put away, and as...
2009-06-23
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Blog Posts
What Would You Like to See in a Book on Database Maintenance?
I am working on the outline of a new book I am writing, tentatively called Mastering SQL Server Database Maintenance....
2009-06-23
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Am I a bad employee if I don't blog?
No.
Blogging is not for everyone and you don't want to give the impression you are something you are not doing...
2009-06-22
1,603 reads
Big Thinker
My friend Robert Cain was kind enough to include me on his list of big thinkers along with my business...
2009-06-22
804 reads
Emergency Procedures
In a followup to Aaron Bertrand's recent blog post on Disaster Recovery, I'd like to mention something I always mention...
2009-06-22
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Migrating A SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Named Instance, The Missing Manual
Microsoft has always been pretty good at one thing, ease on install.
One of the things I always says is...
2009-06-22
3,358 reads
Tips on Getting Hired – Part 4
Getting a job is hard. If you’ve been lucky enough not to struggle for a job, don’t make the mistake...
2009-06-22
1,225 reads
Tips on Getting Hired – Part 5
I think the hardest part about the job search is interviewing and not being selected. You keep saying “why” with...
2009-06-22
609 reads
When the next object-persistence boat comes in.
I was reading a MCP training manual for SQL Server the other day. It was good. The whole of TSQL...
2009-06-22
1,744 reads
Adventures in Powershell SSIS Administration Programming
In January 2009, I released version 1.4 of SQL Server Powershell Extensions which included a Library of functions for working with...
2009-06-19
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Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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