You're Not Dumb...And Neither am I
One of the things I'm not fond of is self-deprecation. Smacking yourself on the forehead when you screw up a...
2008-12-10
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Blog Posts
Are You Security Minded?
It's fun to just sit and talk with people, never know what you'll learn or be forced to rethink based...
2008-12-09
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DBAs Still in High Demand
With the world economy on the downside, there is at least one bright light, and that is DBAs are still...
2008-12-09
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Leaving Live
Last week Steve Ballmer had issued a challenge to MVPs to have them try Live Search instead of their regular...
2008-12-09
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A Custom Trace
I have to admit that when I had a performance problem with some code, I would often fire up Profiler...
2008-12-08
698 reads
Managing By The Numbers Part 2
Managing by the numbers often gets a bad name among employees because it can lead to a lot of gaming...
2008-12-08
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Tampa Code Camp Notes
I attended the Tampa Code Camp this past weekend. It was located at the Kforce Building in Tampa, a very...
2008-12-08
1,106 reads
Trying to Figure Out if SQL Server 2008 Data Compression Will Benefit You?
SQL Server 2008 (Enterprise Edition) offers row and page compression, which can potentially offer a boost in disk I/O in...
2008-12-08
1,499 reads
Using Result Set as Variable in Stored Procedure
I’ve been asked several times lately from non-SQL developers that are sometimes required to do some quick SQL work how...
2008-12-08
3,406 reads
A skinnier SQL Server Magazine
I could have sworn that my SQL Server Magazine seemed much smaller this month. When I pulled out last’s months...
2008-12-07
1,304 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...
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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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