Social Networking in the SQL Server Community
Like many SQL Server (and other technology) people, I utilize several social networking vehicles to stay in touch with others...
2009-07-20
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Get into the Top Ten Percent
When you start applying for jobs, and face competition from other candidates, who do you think gets the interview? Is...
2009-07-20
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Communicating Ain’t Easy!
I read a nice article by Steve M List called Think Before You Speak in MSDN Magazine and it talks...
2009-07-19
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The Price of Convenience is Non-Ownership and Loss of Privacy.
This is as far as I ever plan to stray from writing purely technical posts. It just strikes so close...
2009-07-19
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SQL Saturday Dallas
We are in the early stages of planning a SQL Saturday event in the Dallas area for January or February...
2009-07-19
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A Small Step - Car Update
Ford is adding Eco-Boost to a number of vehicles. A combination of a turbo and fuel injection technology that can...
2009-07-17
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Book Review: Fault Line
I finished reading Fault Line by Barry Eisler ($16.50 @ Amazon) a few weeks ago. I’ve been a fan for a...
2009-07-17
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Acronis True Image 2009 - Cloning a Disk
With my hard drive failing in the laptop recently, I scrambled to do something. I was on the road, and...
2009-07-17
2,648 reads
File/Folder/Share Permissions for DBAs and Database Developers
Every so often I run into a fellow DBA or database developer who isn't crystal clear on how file/folder and...
2009-07-16
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One of these keys is just like the other
I've been tech editing Michael Cole's new book on Encryption in SQL Server, which is due out in August or...
2009-07-16
351 reads
Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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