Social: Respecting Names
This is a non-technical post, and my opinion. If you don’t want to read it, please ignore future posts with “Social:” at the start of the title. My nickname...
2020-08-07
28 reads
The Voice of the DBA
Daily Coping 7 Aug 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-08-07
34 reads
Creating a SQL Clone Agent and a First Image
In a previous post, I set up the SQL Clone server. This is really a metadata store and web front end, but it does no real work. The Agent...
2020-08-18 (first published: 2020-08-06)
228 reads
Daily Coping 6 Aug 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-08-06
13 reads
Without PASS, Our Community is Worse Off
This year the PASS Summit is virtual. I’m speaking, as a donation, and Monica Rathbun has written some thoughts on the event. I’m hoping that attendance is high enough...
2020-08-14 (first published: 2020-08-06)
337 reads
Daily Coping 5 Aug 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-08-05
13 reads
Quick SSMS Tip: Map Mode for Code–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. In recent versions of SSMS, there’s been an...
2020-08-05
26 reads
Unboxing SQL Clone 2020 for a PoC
When I got a new machine, I had SQL Clone on my old machine, in a few VMWare VMs. I decided to move this to my new machine, so...
2020-08-13 (first published: 2020-08-04)
351 reads
Daily Coping 4 Aug 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-08-04
16 reads
Data Cleanup for WordPress Tags without a Plugin
Over the years I’ve had this blog, I’ve added lots of tags. In 15 years and 4,600+ posts, you can guess that I’ve made some typos and mistakes. I’ve...
2020-08-03
23 reads
Blogs
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
Creating a SQL Stored Procedure to Load a SCD2
By DataOnWheels
This is a blog that I am writing for future me and hopefully it’ll...
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Forums
Backup Availability Group
Please I am hoping for some feedback Specifications: Windows Server 2022 SQL Server 2022...
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
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Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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