One of the most valuable features of SQLServerCentral.com is the discussion forums, where many a DBA has found an answer to their question. Most times on the same day! While we do not moderate the forums, there are still some rules for posting that we hope everyone will take a moment to read.
2005-01-03
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SQLServerCentral.com is all about learning. Our goal has been to build a community where we all teach each other how to become more proficient with SQL Server. Most of our content to date has been written articles that show you how to do something. Well we have a a better idea, maybe. Check out our new video HOWTO series.
2004-12-16
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With some recent hubub and questions, Steve Jones decided to spend a few moments welcoming everyone to the community and give some background on what this site is all about.
2004-12-07
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SQLServerCentral.com wrapped up two weeks of voting by the community on the best third party products to help you with your SQL Servers. Read on to see who won.
2004-11-24
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Mattias Fagerlund, a longtime author and contributor here is developing a new product to help developers migrate between versions of their databases. He's searching for a few Beta developers to assist.
2004-11-23
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How prepared are you for your next interview? How prepared are you to give one? SQLServerCentral.com has compiled a number of questions from our ever popular Question of the Day into a book. Read about the project and show your support today by picking up a copy.
2004-11-22
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Andy started a contest this summer to see who could develop a T-SQL method of keeping a bowling score. He's finally gotten around to the results after the damage from the hurricanes was cleaned up. See who won and see the code that does the trick.
2004-11-19
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Red Gate Software, a leading supplier or SQL Server and .NET tools has updated the classic "A Christmas Carol" to show the importance of stress testing.
2004-11-16
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Theyre back and expanded, the 2004 Readers Choice awards. Take a minute and vote now for the products and vendors you have enjoyed working with.
2004-11-02
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Our longtime member and author, James Travis went with the SQLServerCentral.com crew to the 2004 PASS Summit in Orlando last month. For those of you that don't recognize the name, he goes by Antares686 in the forums and has been generous enough to post over 6,000 times, giving lots of his time and knowledge to helping others. He jotted down a few notes on the conference for those of you that weren't there and are considering going next year.
2004-10-14
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Reading tutorials is fine. Shipping something is better. If you are trying to break...
By Steve Jones
We work hard at Redgate, though with a good work-life balance. One interesting observation...
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
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I run this command to start SQLCMD:
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