Check the Default Database Setting for your Admin Accounts
Last weekend, as I was waiting for the start of the performance of the Cleveland Orchestra at its summer outdoor...
2011-08-31
1,825 reads
Presenting at Curacao SQL UG
On Thursday, Sept 1, 2011 at 7:15pm EST, I’ll be presenting via LiveMeeting to the Curacao SQL Server User Group....
2011-08-31
1,674 reads
Bitwise and Derived Table revisited
Today I am going to revisit two posts from the past couple of weeks. I want to revisit them just to make some minor updates and clarifications. This is...
2011-08-31
16 reads
Bitwise and Derived Table revisited
Today I am going to revisit two posts from the past couple of weeks. I want to revisit them just...
2011-08-31
1,812 reads
Convert EBCDIC to ASCII in SSIS
Converting EBCDIC to ASCII in SSIS 2008 can seem like a daunting task. There is a lot of manual work...
2011-08-31
8,743 reads
Sharon Dooley’s Lightening Talk and the WIT Luncheon
At the end of last week I received an email from my friend and colleague Sharon Dooley telling me her...
2011-08-31
2,533 reads
SQL Server, EarthQuakes and the End…Of DBAs?
SQL Server, EarthQuakes and the End…Of DBAs?
What does the advent and integration of VMs, SSDs, and the Cloud mean for...
2011-08-31
2,597 reads
Book Status #1: Indexing for Performance
As some of you may know, I am writing a book on indexing. So far I’ve written and submitted four...
2011-08-31
1,420 reads
Mobile Commerce and SQL Performance Tuning
I was reading through Gartners Top Predictions and one prediction captured my attention:
“By 2014, over 3 billion of the world's...
2011-08-31
1,739 reads
Shrinking Transaction Logs
I see questions on forums all the time about DBA’s or System Admins finding they are out of drive space...
2011-08-31
2,210 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
SSL/TLS Cert Validity Periods Decreasing
Hi, to all of you who are using CA certs on SQL Server boxes...
It's Never Just One Thing
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Calculating Min-Max Normalization in PowerBI
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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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