2021-08-21
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Editorials
A New Community Summit
The PASS Data Community Summit is coming back this November, and it's free to attend.
2021-08-20
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Better SQL is a Good Career Investment
Today Steve notes that learning to be better at SQL is a good career investment, more for you than your boss.
2021-08-18
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The Slow Upgrade of SQL Server Versions
It seems that instances are being upgraded about every ten years, according to Steve's interpretation of some reports. Do you agree? Let us know how often you upgrade.
2021-08-16
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What Counts for a DBA: Skill
Practice makes perfect:” right? Well, not exactly. The reality of it all is that this saying is an untrustworthy aphorism. I discovered this in my “younger” days when I was a passionate tennis player, practicing and playing 20+ hours a week. No matter what my passion level was, without some serious coaching (and perhaps a […]
2021-08-14
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What's Important to Your Organization
Some organizations see their IT organization as an expense, and not as valuable as it might otherwise be. Steve has a few comments on why this might not be a good idea, or a good place to work.
2021-08-13
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Digitizing Construction
One of the more analog industries is embracing digital change faster and faster./
2021-08-11
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How Paranoid Are You About Backups?
Sometimes just running a backup isn't enough, especially in this era of ransomware. Steve has a few thoughts on backup strategies and recovery skills.
2021-08-09
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Celebrating Lives
Steve is asking for others to contribute to the sqlmemorial site for our #sqlfamily.
2021-08-06
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Do as I say, not as I do
Steve wishes that Microsoft would follow some of their own advice on SQL Server development in their other software.
2021-08-04
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Blogs
Daily Coping 24 Sept 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Using environment variable files for SQL Server in containers
There are a whole bunch of environment variables that can be used to configure...
How to Design Backups in SQL Server?
By nelsonaloor
The Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) are basic concepts related...
Forums
How to calculate Monthly aggregates from daily data
we have detail daily data in a table about members., trying to finding how...
Need an urgent help with creating a relational database!!
Hi guys, I'm quite new to T-SQL and honestly started to take online classes...
Need to Convert SQL Code Written for Azure SQLDW to SQL Server 2016
Hello Community, The attached SQL Script (Procedure) is compiled / written for Azure SQL...
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