New SQL Standard Article
A new article for the SQL Standard is now available. You can find the article here. The article is by...
2010-05-20
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SQL RNNR
TableSpace Update
The last post in the series on finding the sizes of your tables showed us how we could find that...
2010-05-19
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May 2010 S3OLV Meeting Recap
On the evening of May 13th, S3OLV held its monthly meeting. We had some really good discussion, and got to...
2010-05-14
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T-SQL Tuesday #006: A Blobbing We Will Go
Once again it looks like I was early for the T-SQL Tuesday event. Last month I submitted my entry on...
2010-05-11
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Exceptional DBA
It is once again that time of year. It is time to nominate the DBA in your life for the...
2010-05-11
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May UG Meeting
This is just a quick note to remind any interested parties that the May S3OLV meeting will be held this...
2010-05-11
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SQL 2005 TableSpace
In the first post of this series I highlighted and described two stored procedures that are shipped from Microsoft. These...
2010-05-05
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Table Sizes
In SQL Server there are two stored procedures that help one to determine the size of a table. One is...
2010-05-03
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Marathon Schedule
Finally I am putting down to paper my marathon race list for this season. Some of my favorite races are...
2010-04-30
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BLOB Index Columns
For the April T-SQL Tuesday, I blogged about a report to find information on the BLOBs in a database. I...
2010-04-27
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Blogs
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
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Backing Up a DMK
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