Retiring of the MCM Certifications
The MCM is dead. Long live the MCM.
The small, exclusive club of SQL Server Microsoft Certified Masters is going to...
2013-08-31
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A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
It’s the small things that count
Sometimes it’s the small things that count.
I just noticed two small enhancements to SQL Server 2014's BOL, and I can...
2013-08-14
1,536 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #43 – Plan Operators
This month’s TSQL-Tuesday is hosted by Rob Farley (blog | twitter), who became a Microsoft Certified Master this past December (congrats!)....
2013-06-14 (first published: 2013-06-11)
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Getting the lowdown on 18456 errors
If you can establish a connection to a SQL Server, but are having problems logging in to it, you will...
2013-04-30 (first published: 2013-04-18)
2,575 reads
The Bucket List – Item #1 is (finally) finished
We all have a bucket list – that list of things that we want to accomplish before one, well, kicks the...
2013-04-16
749 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #41 – Presenting and Loving it!
It’s time for our monthly blogging party, commonly known as T-SQL Tuesday. This month, Bob Pusateri is providing the motivation...
2013-04-09
599 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 28 (Using Windows PowerShell Remoting)
Welcome to Day 28 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series – the last day. This series will use the series...
2013-02-28
2,052 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 27 (Scripting SQL Objects)
Welcome to Day 27 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-03-11 (first published: 2013-02-27)
3,482 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 26 (Changing Login Passwords)
Welcome to Day 26 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-26
1,306 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 25 (Integrity Checks)
Welcome to Day 25 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-03-07 (first published: 2013-02-25)
2,314 reads
Blogs
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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