Done and Out
for a week. I'm leaving for vacation and leaving SQLServerCentral.com
in the capable hands of Andy. He'll be sending out some...
2005-07-15
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Blog Posts
SQL PASS Chapter in South Carolina
If you are interested in helping to organize or be a part of an
official Professional Association of SQL Server chapter...
2005-07-15
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Memory Leak
A couple of days ago I noticed that the index rebuild for the search
engine was failing at night. In line...
2005-07-14
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Reboot
Apologies, a minor reboot of the db server this morning. Somewhere we're leaking memory, more details later, so I had...
2005-07-14
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RunAs
When I started working at JD Edwards, I was a corporate administrator
on the windows network. Since the DBAs were a...
2005-07-12
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It's always something
As Phill posts in his blog, we've had a couple interesting threads in the forums where the respect and tolerance...
2005-07-11
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This is lovely
I got a note that someone thought they shouldn't have to register on
the site and get a newsletter to read...
2005-07-07
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What Is Really Interesting?
When I wrote the editorial for today on A Humbling Experience,
I was sure that it would generate a bunch of...
2005-07-07
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Interviewing a DBA
Andy and I had an interesting question on this today. He's trying to
hire a DBA and he had his first...
2005-07-05
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To Blog or Not To Blog
Blogging seemed like a big deal in 2004. At the 2003 PASS Summit, we were told by Microsoft that they...
2005-06-29
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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