Are You a Diverse User Group or Event?
One of the things that I’ve seen crop up at various points in my career is a question of diversity. I know there are many people that don’t think...
2021-07-02 (first published: 2021-06-18)
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Blog Posts
Daily Coping 2 Jul 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-07-02
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EightKB Summer 2021 Edition
The schedule for EightKB Summer 2021 Edition has been announced! Here’s the schedule: – N.B. – I particularly like that if you click on the session on the website,...
2021-07-02 (first published: 2021-06-15)
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Is the [sysname] SQL Server System Data Type Alias Name Case-Insensitive?
(last updated: 2021-07-02 @ 19:55 EST / 2021-07-02 @ 23:55 UTC ) The sysname data type (in SQL Server) is a system-provided, though not built-in, alias for NVARCHAR(128). This...
2021-07-02
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Quickly Determining Azure SQL Database Size
Recently I needed to determine how much storage space each database on a logical server was consuming. I was doing some DR testing and I need to give the...
2021-07-02
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Daily Coping 1 Jul 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-07-01
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I Still Can’t Believe It!
I received my MVP award letter from Microsoft today. This will make the fourth time I’ve been awarded and I still can’t believe it. I just wanted to help...
2021-07-01
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MVP for Another Year 2021-2022
A few minutes ago, I received an email from Microsoft presenting me with the 2021-2022 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. This is my 8th award and I am...
2021-07-01
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SQL Homework – July 2021 – Log shipping
Log shipping is probably the least complicated and easiest to configure of the various methods of creating a secondary copy ... Continue reading
2021-07-01
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Daily Coping 30 Jun 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-06-30
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Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
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What's the Date?
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Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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