Stupid DBA Tricks
Well, I just learned a valuable lesson about something you should not do as a DBA…
About a month ago, a...
2009-10-04
4,346 reads
Red Gate's SQL Data Generator
I'm reading SQL Server MVP John Magnabosco's new e-book, Protecting SQL Server Data, and he includes a database schema to...
2009-10-03
3,043 reads
Pitching in at SQL University
Jorge Segarra (@SQLChicken) has put together an idea to have on-line basic lessons on SQL Server called SQL University. The idea...
2009-10-03
1,134 reads
Southwest Florida Code Camp II
I presented a Powershel session at the SW Florida .Net Code Camp IIl. The session demonstrated the following uses cases for...
2009-10-03
537 reads
Free Stuff and a SQL Server Standard Update
Great news. We’ve managed to get one article all the way through the process. We’ll have our first publication out...
2009-10-02
724 reads
SQL Server MVP Deep Dives Book available for pre-order
The "SQL Server MVP Deep Dives" book that I wrote two chapters for is up for pre-order. This will be...
2009-10-02
618 reads
Choosing a career path; which way do I go?
“Should I get an MBA or an MCSE?” What an odd question. At least these days it seems odd. But,...
2009-10-02
301 reads
Security: Development Servers and Workstations
I've written about this before, but probably not as a specific subject or blog post. Trading some comments with a...
2009-10-02
807 reads
MVP Again
It was nice to work through my email and find a bit of positive news instead of more work! I’m...
2009-10-02
395 reads
SQL Lunch - Memory Management in SQL Server Analysis Services
EVERY ATTENDEE IN THE MEETING WILL BE ENTERED IN A DRAWING FOR A FREEfull license of SQL Sentry Performance Advisor...
2009-10-02
1,025 reads
Blogs
Project Management – Part 1
By Vinay Thakur
The soul of project management is Process Group(PG) and Knowledge Area(KA). they are related...
Install SQL Server 2025 Container on macOS Using OrbStack
My old Dell XPS that I used for personal stuff started to degrade; well,...
Flyway Tips: Immediate Code Review for Developers
By Steve Jones
At the Redgate Summits this year, we’ve highlighted a few things in the Flyway...
Forums
Impact of Single-Threaded PVS Cleanup on ADR in SQL Server 2019
We want to enable ADR on our SQL Server 2019 instances. I’ve heard that...
Forward Deployed Engineers
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TRY_PARSE vs TRY_CONVERT in SQL Server: From Basics to Practical Usage
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Question of the Day
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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