A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 5
For Day 5, I will be covering a few tools that can be used for hardware identification. Since quite a...
2011-04-05
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To TOP or not to TOP an EXISTS
Earlier this year I had a look at a query pattern that I often see on forums and in production...
2011-04-05
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How to Deal with Quebec’s Extremists – Report their Threats to the Police (Investigation Under Way)
I’m part of a Committee that is dedicated to eliminating discriminatory legislation in Quebec, here’s a statement we released last...
2011-04-05
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Canada Begins Return to Democracy as the ‘Harper Government’ Found in Contempt of Parliament, a First Throughout the Commonwealth – And No Confidence Vote Triggers the Election Race
For over a week now, Canada has begun its return to appearing to be a democracy thanks to a Liberal...
2011-04-05
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Am I a sysadmin? (or other SQL Server role)
How do you check if you are a sysadmin? It’s fairly easy to do in Management Studio. You can go...
2011-04-05
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SQL Rally Schedule
Thursday, May 12
BI
DBA
DEV
PD / WILD
CARD
8:30 - 9:30
SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse - Under the Hood
Brian Mitchell
The Dirty Dozen: PowerShell Scripts for the...
2011-04-05
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SQL Validation Functions - 4 Cool UDF's to have handy
Everyone knows that in SQL 2000, yes 2000, Microsoft jumped aboard the bandwagon of other platforms, and gave the developers...
2011-04-05
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Should a DBA be involved in the physical set up of a Database server? Part1
There is always some disconnect between the network admins and the DBA’s regarding hardware set up of a SQL Server....
2011-04-05
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Powershell Day 5
Day 5 Programming in Powershell Part 3 Now as you know all information, in this blog we will look for...
2011-04-05
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SQL Server Role Membership
How well do you know the security in your SQL instances? Do you know who has sysadmin level permissions? SQL Server provides a few methods for you to find...
2011-04-05
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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
Azure SQL Database Event Log Limitations
Hi, Do you know if there is a way to get more detailed logging...
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?
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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