DBA Mission and Vision Statement
There is a saying that "The important is often not
urgent and the urgent not important". I could not agree more...
2009-01-03
18,342 reads
Blog Posts
SQL 2008 Row and Page compression – or SQL 2005 (post SP2) vardecimal conversion
One of the great new features in SQL 2008 is Row and/or Page Compression. Plus, still good news for those...
2009-01-02
1,772 reads
How Certification Can Help You Stay Current with Technology, as well as Continuing Your Education
If you'd like to keep up with your profession as a SQL DBA, I thoroughly recommend certification. It has certainly...
2009-01-01
1,993 reads
Meeting Goals
I'm not a big goals person. I think it's a good idea to set goals, and they can help you,...
2009-01-01
447 reads
MVP 2009
I was re-awarded MVP status from Microsoft for 2009. Since I didn’t hear anything to the contrary in the last...
2009-01-01
455 reads
MVP Award
Received my notification via email this morning that I've been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server. It's been...
2009-01-01
737 reads
PASS Update #1
As many of you know I'm joining the PASS Board of Directors for a two year term beginning yesterday. I'm...
2009-01-01
385 reads
Thoughts for 2009
Only a few changes planned for this coming year to the blog (so far), none of them huge:
I plan to...
2008-12-31
1,411 reads
Another Use of XML
XBRL is yet another use of XML, this time for financial reporting. It is supposed to be in place for...
2008-12-30
1,724 reads
End of 2008 Wrap Up Post
Something new for the end of the year - a recap of everything I posted for 2008. 303 posts if the...
2008-12-30
1,546 reads
Blogs
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server
Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array....
Forums
PowerBI Question - Data Sources
I don't see a PowerBI forum, so I'm posting here. I have a need...
SQL Server Certificates
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server Certificates
Connect an Azure Function to Azure SQL database Using a Managed Identity
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Connect an Azure Function to...
Question of the Day
SQL Server Certificates
Which of these is not true for certificates used for SQL Server connections?
See possible answers