Kindle Update - Encouraging the Kids
I remember when each of my boys started to read a lot. There was a time when both of them...
2008-12-16
770 reads
Blog Posts
SQL Quiz Part 2 - Career Challenges
Another diabolical idea of Chris Shaw. I'm actually late to the game because I got tagged a week ago by...
2008-12-16
994 reads
A Good Use of Surface
I first saw a Surface Computer at the Sheraton in Seattle and thought it was pretty cool, but not necessarily...
2008-12-15
745 reads
A Week of Books - Part 1
I've been catching up on reading over the last month and I feel like taking a break from things technical/community/etc...
2008-12-15
660 reads
A Week of Books - Part 2
I'm just finishing up Boards At Work which talks about how a good board of directors can make a big...
2008-12-15
575 reads
PASS Presentation Evaluation Results
Just as I did last year I'm posting my evaluation scores for review. I co-presented with Steve Jones a session...
2008-12-15
812 reads
SQL Quiz Part 2
I was recently tagged by Tim Mitchell to give a response to Chris Shaw’s SQL Quiz Part 2 so here...
2008-12-15
820 reads
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
680 reads
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
8,514 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
424 reads
Blogs
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
SQL Server gMSA: Why So Many DBAs Still Aren't Using It in 2026
By SQLPals
SQL Server gMSA: Why DBAs Still Aren't Using It in 2026 ...
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
Forums
Fulltext filter daemon host (FDHost) process has stopped abnormally
We have performed a side-by-side upgrade, from SQL Server 2016 to 2022 Developer Edition,...
Automating OSM Data Refresh in Power BI’s Azure Maps Reference Layer
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Database Mail Configuration
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Question of the Day
Database Mail Configuration
If I want to get a list of the configuration settings for Database Mail using T-SQL, how can I do so?
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