How Do I Configure SSIS to Work With a Named Instance
How Do I Configure SSIS to Work With a Named Instance?
By default, SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) uses the msdb...
2008-12-11
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Stupid Coding Tricks
Can anyone here write a SQL statement that generates a Mandelbrot Set? I’m sure a few of you can, and...
2008-12-11
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You're Not Dumb...And Neither am I
One of the things I'm not fond of is self-deprecation. Smacking yourself on the forehead when you screw up a...
2008-12-10
536 reads
SQL Quiz Part 2: Career Challenges
I’ve read a number of responses from Chris Shaw’s first DBA networking quiz. I missed out on the first one,...
2008-12-10
1,290 reads
Just Do It
I was recently reading Joel Spolsky’s column in Inc. on management and I thought it was an interesting story. In...
2008-12-10
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Are You Security Minded?
It's fun to just sit and talk with people, never know what you'll learn or be forced to rethink based...
2008-12-09
739 reads
DBAs Still in High Demand
With the world economy on the downside, there is at least one bright light, and that is DBAs are still...
2008-12-09
1,110 reads
Leaving Live
Last week Steve Ballmer had issued a challenge to MVPs to have them try Live Search instead of their regular...
2008-12-09
667 reads
Managing By The Numbers Part 2
Managing by the numbers often gets a bad name among employees because it can lead to a lot of gaming...
2008-12-08
663 reads
Trying to Figure Out if SQL Server 2008 Data Compression Will Benefit You?
SQL Server 2008 (Enterprise Edition) offers row and page compression, which can potentially offer a boost in disk I/O in...
2008-12-08
1,517 reads
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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