Relational Theory

Open Source SQL Server

There's a new product out that is an alternative to Microsoft SQL Server. The new HummyBase product from Kenneth Ingols SQL Software gives you another platform for your databases applications with no re-coding and at a fraction of the price.

What Counts for a DBA: Adventurousness

The ever changing nature of the relational database system requires administrators who relish risk and adventure. From the moment that Edgar F Codd proposed his 12 rules that defined the relational database management system, the language COBOL and the VSAM databases that had been so popular vanished as database administrators rushed to adopt the new system, keen as always to adopt the latest technologies, using hardware that had less power than the current middle school math student’s calculator: the relational era was born.

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Steve Jones

DBCC Timewarp

Running SQL Faster

Learn how to make your SQL Server perform better from MVP Gail Shaw.

Insider Insights

Insider rumours and gossip from the murky world of the Database Industry, and from the colourful characters that inhabit it.

Decoding the SQL Server Index Structure

A deep dive into the implementation of indexes in SQL Server 2008 R2. This is information that you must know in order to tune your queries for optimum performance. Partial scans of indexes are now possible!

Busy Work

Run this fun script when you're bored.