Give Your Valentine Some Discounted Indexing
Looking for that special gift for Valentine’s day and wanting to really change things up? How about getting your loved...
2013-02-13
567 reads
SQL Server Naming Standards
Want to start a fight between a bunch of DBAs or database developers? Ask them where the comma should be...
2013-02-18 (first published: 2013-02-13)
3,562 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 13 (Databases: Adding Schemas, Tables and Indexes)
Welcome to Day 13 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-20 (first published: 2013-02-13)
2,967 reads
Become an expert in SQL Server Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting!
Since September 2012 I’m a Microsoft Certified Master SQL Server 2008, which is the highest technical certification for SQL Server...
2013-02-13
821 reads
Become an expert in SQL Server Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting!
Since September 2012 I'm a Microsoft Certified Master SQL Server 2008,
which is the highest technical certification for SQL Server that...
2013-02-13
1,050 reads
Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS) Presentation Slides
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation “Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS)” at the Houston Area SQL Server User Group...
2013-02-13
1,906 reads
Speaking at PASS Virtualization Virtual Chapter on Wednesday
This Wednesday I will be presenting for the PASS Virtualization Virtual Chapter at 11AM CST on one of my favorite...
2013-02-13
676 reads
A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Algorithm 7: Clustering
by Steve Bolton
In last week’s installment of this amateur series of self-tutorials on SQL Server Data Mining (SSDM), we...
2013-02-19 (first published: 2013-02-12)
3,314 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #39 - Use PowerShell To Copy A Database To Another Instance
This blog post is part of T-SQL Tuesday, a monthly SQL blog party with a rotating host and common topic....
2013-02-12
2,057 reads
#CISPA’s Coming Back: Time to Pay Attention Again
Update: The President’s cybersecurity Executive Order was signed and released today (see the Wired article). “Although the order comes after...
2013-02-12
865 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
Anyone knows where to download SQLexpress edition for 2022
Where to download earlier version of SQL server express 2022? Thanks
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Risk Vs Reward, The never...
SSL/TLS Cert Validity Periods Decreasing
Hi, to all of you who are using CA certs on SQL Server boxes...
Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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