Database Design Guidelines For Developers
One of the developers that I work with asked me to write a “brief” (really brief) guide on database design....
2014-04-07 (first published: 2014-04-03)
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Presenting Biml and Team-based Development at PASSDC and BSSUG
I’m excited to present two different sessions in April at DC SQL Server User Group and at Baltimore SQL Server User Group. I...
2014-04-03
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Thanks For Stopping By
Yesterday I passed 300,000 views on the blog. Recently I went over 1,000 comments. My little joke on Tuesday garnered...
2014-04-03
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I Know I Shouldn't Shrink My Log file, BUT...
As a managed services DBA, I frequently have to clean up after other people's mistakes. (Come to think of it,...
2014-04-03
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PowerShell GUI Tool – Network Ping – Version 2
The first version of the tool was developed by Amandhally and it can be found in the below path. Thanks...
2014-04-02
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PowerShell GUI Tool – Network Ping – Version 2
The first version of the tool was developed by Amandhally and it can be found in the below path. Thanks...
2014-04-02
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Availability databases in unhealthy data synchronization state (Error: 35285, Severity: 16, State: 1.)
After power surge last night, I realized few availability databases (also known as a “database replica”) have an unhealthy data...
2014-04-02
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Three Days to the first Nevada SQL Saturday
It’s three days to the first SQL Saturday in Nevada, taking place this Saturday in Las Vegas. I’m looking forward...
2014-04-02
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Encrypt usernames and passwords stored in files
I was looking at a product recently and came across a rather unpleasant surprise: the install instructions specified that I...
2014-04-02
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PASS Election Season Begins
Saw the announcement in the Connector today that the process of selecting the Nominating Committee (which vets applications for the...
2014-04-02
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Blogs
Experimenting with CHOOSE: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was looking over the CHOOSE() function while editing an article at SQL Server...
Fighting Procrastination?
By Brian Kelley
Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...
A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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