Outtakes
Sometimes I think I’m quite the goober. Alternately I’ll laugh or put my head in my hands as I try...
2010-04-01
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Powershell – Useful Resources
One of my aims at the start of the year was to improve my Powershell and scripting skills. I run...
2010-04-01
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April Question: What advice would you offer a novice DBA in order to help them along in their career?
Post your responses to the above SQL Aloha Question of the Month in the comments section below (at www.bradmcgehee.com if...
2010-04-01
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PASS, Microsoft, and Certification
Steve Jones’ (@way0utwest) recent SQLServerCentral editorial, The Missing Certification, has spawned a vigorous debate about what the missing certification should...
2010-04-01
1,426 reads
April Fools is Fun
Some good jokes going around, and the few I wrote for SQLServerCentral went over well. There was a good one...
2010-04-01
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Goal Review Q1
As we close out the First Quarter of 2010 it is time to review progress made on the Goals I...
2010-04-01
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Announcing Quantum Compare v1.01
I bet most of you use some type of diff/comparison tool at work. Probably one for the file system and...
2010-04-01
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Career Advice - Moving to Oracle
I’ve always said that it didn’t matter what the database was. If it could do the job then it’s worth...
2010-04-01
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Index Info
I recently came across an interesting script to help show index info and usage. As I began to dissect the...
2010-03-31
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HP Data Protector - SQL Server 2008 Supported, but Compatibility Pack 2005 Required
Recently, we found out that HP Data Protector had an update, and I took for granted that this update would...
2010-03-31
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Blogs
TRY_PARSE Limitations: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I got a notification from a question I’d posted at SQL Server Central: Getting...
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices
By SQLPals
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices In...
Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026 Report is out
By Brian Kelley
Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing are two areas of emerging technology that receive most...
Forums
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A Limited Startup
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Question of the Day
A Limited Startup
I add this parameter to SQL Server 2025 in the Configuration Manager:
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