Start Your Engine’s with Startup Procedures
After reviewing some recent audit results for a couple of our SQL Servers, I noted the audit checked for start up...
2017-08-21 (first published: 2017-07-31)
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Need to output CSV, TSV, or other?
Ever have the need to create a CSV list in SQL Server? Not sure how? Starting in SQL Server 2017...
2017-07-31
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Twilight TimeZone: Handling Time in Your App Architecture at SQLSaturday Baton Rouge
Thanks to everyone who joined my colleague Steve Schaneville and me for a presentation on date/time data architecture in modern...
2017-07-31
658 reads
Backup Log to Nul– #SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2017-08-21 (first published: 2017-07-31)
1,730 reads
Being a Positive Influencer
I read a lot of self-help and improvement information. I’m always trying to hack my brain or my attitude to...
2017-07-31
354 reads
Being a Positive Influencer
I read a lot of self-help and improvement information. I’m always trying to hack my brain or my attitude to...
2017-08-18 (first published: 2017-07-31)
1,915 reads
Learning through gaming a SQL Server tale
I’ve been teaching my 17 yr old SQL Server and other various topics. I have quite a bit of experience...
2017-08-18 (first published: 2017-07-31)
2,436 reads
DBA Dice
I’ve always thought it would be fun to have a DBA themed magic 8-ball. Now you may not be aware...
2017-07-31
584 reads
Video Tutorial: Creating a SQL Server Databases
In this Video tutorial we will look at creating a SQL Server database using both Management Studio and TSQL. We’ll...
2017-07-31
587 reads
Monday Coffee: The evolving DBA
Over the weekend I saw a few tweets about the role of the DBA. These tweets (and corresponding blog posts)...
2017-07-31
569 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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