Brown Bag Lunches/Training - Do They Work?
I'll define a brown bag lunch as a training event held at lunch time where someone on the team does...
2008-09-08
1,100 reads
SQLAndy
Naked Conversations
Sorry, I couldn't help not including 'Book Review' on the subject line, hopefully you're not too disappointed!
I just finished reading...
2008-09-07
357 reads
Renaming Databases Posted on SQLServerCentral.com
Renaming Databases was just published on SSC, another in my lastest effort to expose some of the hidden complexities in seemingly...
2008-09-04
295 reads
Vacations
If all has gone well I've been on vacation this week, enjoying the world class quartz sand at Siesta Key...
2008-09-04
1,110 reads
Performance Tuning Tips From the Consultant Perspective
I do very little consulting these days, perhaps 4-5 weeks per year, and that only to make sure I maintain...
2008-09-03
295 reads
Creating Databases Posted on SQLServerCentral.com
Creating Databases was actually posted last week, but got distracted with some other stuff. A basis walk through of creating...
2008-09-02
398 reads
Speakers/Presenters, Can You Answer ALL The Questions?
When I teach my introductory (and free) Successful Technical Speaking class to try to help beginners enter the world of speaking,...
2008-09-01
407 reads
Labor Day
It's Labor Day here in the US today, a holiday that is tribute to those of us that work, the journey to...
2008-08-31
1,773 reads
Insufficient Space for a Side by Side Restore - What Do You Do?
I was recently working with a student in a one on one format and one the scenarios he wanted to...
2008-08-28
1,424 reads
Reminder: Upcoming SQL Launch Event in Jacksonville, FL on Sep 12, 2008
The Jacksonville SQL Server Users Group (www.jssug.com) is hosting a SQL 2008 launch event on Friday, Sep 12, 2008 in downtown...
2008-08-27
1,370 reads
Blogs
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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