Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting this Thursday, February 7, 2008
The Midlands PASS Chapter is pleased to announce our own Paul Shearer and Bill Stevenson as our speakers for our...
2008-02-05
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Preparing for SQL Server 2005 Certification
I never did complete my MCDBA. As I was preparing to, I transitioned to my systems architect role, meaning I...
2008-02-05
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What's wrong with Linq to SQL
There's a lot of buzz in the development community about LINQ in general, and for those that do data access...
2008-02-04
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New SQL Server book on Disaster Recovery
James Luetkehoelter has announced his book on SQL Server Disaster Recovery is complete. It is published by aPress and due...
2008-02-04
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Windows Server 2008 RTMs
This is a small surprise, mainly because it looked like only Visual Studio 2008 was actually going to make the...
2008-02-04
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Notes on the South Florida Code Camp
I attended the South Florida Code Camp this past Saturday and it turned out to be quite an event. More...
2008-02-04
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Ask for SQL Server 2005 SP3
In case you haven't seen this elsewhere, if you want Microsoft to release SP3 for SQL Server 2005. It's time...
2008-02-03
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SQL Server MVP Randy Dyess webcast on SQL Server 2008 Security
SQL Server MVP Randy Dyess has a short webcast which provides the highlights of SQL Server 2008 security.He includes some...
2008-02-03
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SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard on .NET Rocks!
SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard is on the latest edition of .NET Rocks! If you're not familiar with .NET Rocks!,...
2008-02-01
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The Importance of Verifying Database Backups Regularly
Yesterday, as I was pulling into my driveway, my front left tire gave. Thankfully, I was going really slow and...
2008-01-31
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Blogs
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
Forums
cons for a dev machine in a different version of sql from our prod server
hi, im not a dba. For a couple of years our dev sql server...
Inquiry – Enforcing ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly via GPO
Hello, I would like to ask whether it is technically possible to redirect a...
Calculating Geometric Mean in Power BI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Calculating Geometric Mean in Power...
Question of the Day
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