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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Blog Posts
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
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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
3,359 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
1,745 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
1,537 reads
Best Thing I Learned at PASS Summit
If you haven't heard, PASS is running a contest where you could win conference registration to this year's PASS Community...
2009-06-19
1,268 reads
Blogs
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 ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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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?
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