Cursors to Increase Performance?
I recently had the chance to look over a friends shoulder at a query that needed some tuning work. In...
2007-07-06
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Blog Posts
Latest Service Packs and Books Online
I was reading a new post at SQL Server Magazine titled The More Things Change(full version available to registered users...
2007-07-06
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Midlands PASS Chapter July Meeting with SQL Server MVP Wayne Snyder
SQL Server MVP Wayne Snyder Speaks on SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
Midlands PASS Chapter - July 12, 2007 Meeting
Sponsored by...
2007-07-06
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The Video World
I wonder what you think of this: video shorts. I've gottne the Lockergnome newsletters for years and they've proven interesting...
2007-07-06
608 reads
70-444 Exam Prep Book
I just got my author copies of the Sybex book for exam 70-444 and have to say the book looks...
2007-07-05
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Blogs
One of the suggestions I saw today was to add blogs to the user profile on the site and not...
2007-07-05
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The Journey to Katmai
I wrote an article recently on the Journey To Katmai, looking at some of the new features that are coming...
2007-07-04
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Breaking Up is Easy to Do
Breaking Up is Easy to DoHardIt's nice to be able to package a process into a single, tidy, elegant query,...
2007-07-03
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Who said that breaking up is hard to do?
Some of you younger DBA’s out there may not know who Neil Sedaka is or remember his poignant words "Breaking...
2007-07-03
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Working Remotely
Most people I know tend to work in one of two places consistently: work or home. So they've built a...
2007-07-03
570 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
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 ...
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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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