SQL Server 2005 SP3
… has arrived: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae7387c3-348c-4faa-8ae5-949fdfbe59c4&displaylang=en
It’s obviously hot off the presses because the “What’s New document” is 404.
2008-12-15
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Blog Posts
SSIS - Fast Parse
I had another chance last week to answer an email follow up question from the session Brian and I gave...
2008-12-15
8,509 reads
St. Louis Day of .Net
Yesterday I spoke on 2008 T-SQL and Data Types at the St. Louis Day of .Net event. This was an...
2008-12-14
420 reads
FriendFeed Review
I’ve been trying the social networking thing, with accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. I guess I have one on...
2008-12-12
775 reads
SQL Quiz #2 - Toughest Challenges in my Career
I finally got tagged for the SQL Quiz, which I've been following. Michelle Ufford, aka SQLFool, tagged me following her...
2008-12-12
1,330 reads
Calories Burned During Sex
Ah, if you're reading this aren't you the curious one! I ran across the link below a while back and...
2008-12-11
643 reads
How Do I Configure SSIS to Work With a Named Instance
How Do I Configure SSIS to Work With a Named Instance?
By default, SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) uses the msdb...
2008-12-11
12,802 reads
Stupid Coding Tricks
Can anyone here write a SQL statement that generates a Mandelbrot Set? I’m sure a few of you can, and...
2008-12-11
868 reads
Just Do It
I was recently reading Joel Spolsky’s column in Inc. on management and I thought it was an interesting story. In...
2008-12-10
855 reads
SQL Quiz Part 2: Career Challenges
I’ve read a number of responses from Chris Shaw’s first DBA networking quiz. I missed out on the first one,...
2008-12-10
1,276 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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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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