Exceptional DBA Award Entries Must Be In By July 10, 2009
If you have been considering entering yourself in the Exceptional DBA Awards this year, or nominating a DBA you know,...
2009-06-25
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How to Avoid Database Restore Issues by a Simple Script Edit - A DB Restore Work-around
During the process of applying changes to a production database - let's call it Change Management (pick your ITIL or COBIT...
2009-06-25
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An Android Update - TMobile G1
I still love my G1, and I got a pleasant surprise recently. I was out at dinner with my wife,...
2009-06-25
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Powershell + SMO Error Handling Tips
Allen White posted a helpful post on SMO error handling with Powershell. Actually the same concept equally applies to SMO...
2009-06-25
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Why Do I Blog?
It's late, it's been a busy day, so why bother to spend 10 or 15 minutes at night jotting things...
2009-06-24
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Dell Mini – The Follow Up
Back in January I posted about purchasing a Dell Mini 9, wanting to see what how it worked and a...
2009-06-24
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What’s the Typical Resignation Notice Period for DBAs?
I was recently talking to a friend from the U.K about how much notice a DBA should give to their...
2009-06-24
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Windows 7 Issues
I went to add a few things to the new Windows 7 desktop today, and of course I have installer...
2009-06-24
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Better Know A SSIS Transform – The Sort Transform
This is part 2 of my 29 part series called Better Know A SSIS Transform. Hopefully you will find the...
2009-06-24
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SQL Server 2008 Encryption - Extensible Key Management
One of the new features with SQL Server 2008 is the addition of extensible key management, allowing hardware devices to...
2009-06-24
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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
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Risk Vs Reward, The never...
Trigger isn't working
Hi, I have a trigger, that works fine elsewhere but is not working at...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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