Maintenance Plan Owner – Back to Basics
We all inherit things from time to time through our profession. Sometimes we inherit some good things, sometimes we inherit...
2018-12-13
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Maintenance Plan Owner – Back to Basics
Have you ever taken over a server that had several maintenance plans on it? Have you ever really checked who the owner of those plans is? Or, maybe you...
2018-12-13
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To Influence or Be Influenced?
How have you impacted somebody in the community?
Well, have I come up with a doozy of a topic for this...
2018-12-11
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To Influence or Be Influenced?
Getting feedback from others is that little check that is needed to help progress and move in the right direction. When allowing time and opportunity for feedback from others,...
2018-12-11
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The Mystery of Missing Backup Files
Yoink – Backups Gone
Not only is this mystery of missing backup files worth discussing now, but has been a mystery worth...
2018-12-10
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The Mystery of Missing Backup Files
Managing database backups is a critical role of the successful DBA. Understanding what the backup plan is and ensuring backups occur on schedule is not always transparent to the...
2018-12-10
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Capture the Flag – The Trace Flag
Many people work in a tightly controlled environment. Every change requires a change control form and approval to make a...
2018-12-25 (first published: 2018-12-06)
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Capture the Flag – The Trace Flag
Despite the controls in place there always seems to be some change that is unknown or even some cowboy that makes changes as s/he sees fit and forgets to...
2018-12-06
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T-SQL Tuesday 109: Influence Somebody Invite
How have you impacted somebody in the community?
It has now been 28 months since the last time I hosted a...
2018-12-04
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T-SQL Tuesday 109: Influence Somebody Invite
Building on the work of these three fine individuals, here comes the difficult task. You have been the benefactor of some awesome help from somebody else. You even wrote...
2018-12-04
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Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
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One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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The Power of Data and Privacy
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Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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