Work Isn’t the Most Important Thing
I had quite an adventure today, away from work. We had a pipe freeze in the house, a sick kid,...
2011-02-02
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February Question: Share with us your “best” restore disaster stories.
As DBAs, making backups and restoring data is one of the foundational skills we all must master. But sometimes things...
2011-02-01
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This Month… SSWUG Free SSIS Expo
Stinking Feet?
A couple months back I mentioned the SSWUG Free Expo Event: Basic and Complex SSIS Features. The time has...
2011-02-01
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Is a clustered index best for range queries?
I see a lot of advice that talks about the clustered index been the best index for use for range...
2011-02-01
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PASS Update #51-Summit Site Selection
In November/December HQ requested that the Board to send in suggestions for possible sites for the 2013 PASS Summit. I...
2011-02-01
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SQL Rally BI Sessions
This week the voting for the SQL Rally BI track went out, and I wanted to send a quick reminder...
2011-02-01
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24 Hours of PASS Sessions Announced
In case you missed it last week, PASS has announced the speaker lineup for the next 24 Hours of PASS. ...
2011-02-01
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What’s a Passive Server?
Licensing software is often a more complicated process than I think it should be. Licensing database software seems to be...
2011-02-01
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31 Days of SSIS – SSIS Naming Conventions (31/31)
31 Days of SSIS
We’re at the thirty-first, and last, post for the 31 Days of SSIS. The series started with...
2011-02-01
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Your Lack of Documentation is Costing You More Than You Think
You’ve got a mountain of work to get done and not enough time to do it in. There’s simply just not...
2011-02-01
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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
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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