SQl Server 2014 CTP1

CTP 1 of SQL Server 2014 was released this evening. If you have an MSDN or TechNet account you can...

The Secret to Keeping Your Cool Like an Experienced Production DBA

Your actions as a Database Administrator can make the difference between a disaster being a minor nuisance or a major problem.

In this post I share with you what I...

The Secret to Keeping Your Cool Like an Experienced Production DBA

Your actions as a Database Administrator can make the difference between a disaster being a minor nuisance or a major...

Natural Born Killers (The series) – Day 6 Sargability

To those that don’t know me “Natural Born Killers (The Series)” sounds like a very strange choice for a SQL...

SQL Server 2014 CTP1 Released

It is here! the first CTP for SQL 2014 is available for download from the Technet evaluation centre... Just downloaded...

NYC SQL User Group Mtg - Building a Personal Brand

This month, Thursday, June 27, 2013, the NYC SQL User Group be doing something a little different. Instead of a technical presentation,...

SQL Server 2014 CTP1 is here!

As I mentioned in my blog post describing the new features in the next version of SQL Server (see SQL Server...

A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Part 14.1: An Introduction to Plug-In Algorithms

by Steve Bolton

…………In my last post in this amateur series of self-tutorials on SQL Server Data Mining (SSDM), I got...

Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #38

For those that follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet out some links of...

Don’t Use MD5

“The hashing alone being MD5 tells me that they really don’t care about their passwords too much, so it’s probably...