A forum for questions related to SQL Server 2019
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Questions related to managing a SQL Server v15 instance. Post your configuration, installation, upgrade, security, and DBA type questions here.
967 topics
4,960 posts
Questions related to writing code, T-SQL issues, and any other development/deployment issues with SQL Server v15.
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8,117 posts
Questions about SQL Server 2017
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18,682 posts
Questions about managing a SQL Server 2017 instance from a DBA perspective. Anything instance related, security for logins, changing settings, monitoring, etc.
1,490 topics
7,701 posts
Any questions related to T-SQL or other development (R, Python) in SQL Server 2017
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10,981 posts
Questions about SQL Server 2016 specific features.
7,329 topics
40,118 posts
Questions about installation, upgrades, configuration, or administration of SQL Server 2016 specific features.
4,198 topics
18,467 posts
Questions about programming in T-SQL or other languages for SQL Server 2016. Including performance related code questions.
3,131 topics
21,651 posts
8,889 topics
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Questions for DBAs about administering, installing, upgrading, and configuring SQL Server 2014.
5,573 topics
27,047 posts
Questions about specific SQL Server 2014 code. T-SQL, CLR, etc., including performance questions.
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22,539 posts
Questions and discussions about cloud computing with databases.
736 topics
2,654 posts
Questions about developing applications using SQL Azure.
186 topics
711 posts
Questions about administering the SQL Azure databases.
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Questions about design, strategy, and ideas for computing off premises.
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237 posts
Questions about administering and scaling CosmosDB, as well as any of the API issues.
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Questions about Azure Data Lake, programming, scaling, sizing, etc.
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Questions about creating, building, training, and deploying models.
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Ideas, suggestions and discussion on SQL v11 known as SQL Server 2012
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52,131 posts
T-SQL items specific to SQL Server 2012 development, including performance related T-SQL questions.
5,197 topics
38,840 posts
16,355 topics
54,826 posts
General questions and comments relating to SQL Server Reporting Services.
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31,686 posts
Issues relating to the administration of the Reporting Services add in.
627 topics
2,168 posts
Questions and issues with building reports and development with SSRS.
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6,343 posts
Questions specific to SSRS 2008
758 topics
2,177 posts
Questions involved with writing reports for SSRS 2008
2,912 topics
9,188 posts
Questions about developing against SSRS 2012 or administering an instance of SSRS 2012.
577 topics
1,783 posts
Questions about SSRS 2014
154 topics
573 posts
Questions specific to Reporting Services in SQL Server 2016
226 topics
908 posts
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Questions and comments on using CLR Intregration and .NET assemblies inside SQL Server 2005.
527 topics
3,254 posts
Questions and issues using any of the management object frameworks in SQL Server.
369 topics
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3,865 posts
Question on service broker, across any version.
116 topics
464 posts
Questions about programming with Powershell, all versions.
647 topics
3,461 posts
Questions about these items:
unit testing
functional testing
Stress testing
Load testing
Environmental testing
Maintenance testing
Strategies
Data Rollbacks and Data consistency
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150 posts
Questions about Team Foundation Server, Data Dude, DBPro or other Microsoft development team products.
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86 posts
Questions about using SSDT for development work.
142 topics
542 posts
Questions about development, CI, CD, deployment, and anything else to do with the migration of your code from development to production.
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27 posts
Questions on using R in SQL Server 2016+. Put both administration/configuration questions as well as development questions here.
7 topics
23 posts
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62,530 posts
Issues, questions, ideas, and problems using SQL Server Integration Services for warehousing.
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26,944 posts
Design strategies, problems, and ideas for building a data warehouse.
573 topics
3,075 posts
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19,355 posts
Questions and discussions about Performance Point Server or services.
48 topics
122 posts
Questions and discussions on data mining.
59 topics
225 posts
Questions about installing, configuring, or using PowerPivot.
90 topics
246 posts
Questions about using R to analyze data, within or outside of, SQL Server.
1 topics
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Questions and discussions about using Machine Learning Algorithms to analyze data in Azure, Python, or other languages
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25 posts
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7,217 posts
Thoughts, questions, comments and disaster recovery plans, procedures, and experiences.
163 topics
765 posts
Questions about your design, or how to best build a schema.
668 topics
4,783 posts
Notes, comments, questions on relational theory and database design.
68 topics
931 posts
Discussions about SQL Server hardware and sizing your servers.
107 topics
504 posts
Issues and questions about virtualization of SQL Server across all versions.
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161 posts
Questions about how to design and implement security and auditing that are not version specific.
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73 posts
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379,598 posts
General questions, comments, or notes about SQL Server 2008.
34,715 topics
197,992 posts
Questions or comments on the new T-SQL changes in SQL Server 2008.
10,976 topics
82,009 posts
Questions, comments, general issues with the CTP.
3 topics
15 posts
Questions and comments about configuring, connecting to and troubleshooting SQL Server 2008 to Oracle databases.
368 topics
1,965 posts
Issues, comments, notes about the July CTP
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13 posts
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851 topics
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Questions on clustering, mirroring, or log shipping for SQL Server 2008
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12,592 posts
Questions about maintaining, configuring, or upgrading an instance to SQL Server 2008./
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39,264 posts
Questions about data corruption in SQL Server 2008/R2
215 topics
1,355 posts
Questions about tuning and performance issues in SQL Server 2008.
697 topics
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A place where organizers of events can discuss topics related to their efforts to run events.
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A forum for thoughts, suggestions, comments, critiques, and ideas for supporting and building our data platform community.
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This is the place for discussions that are generally off topic but probably of interest to SQL professionals anyway:-)
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A place where you can discuss concerns, information, and strategies for working in today's world.
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From time to time we host contests just to add a little excitement to the sometimes mundane task of professional development. If you've got a question or a problem about a contest, this is the place to post. To make sure that nothing is posted that would compromise the contest for other readers this is a moderated forum.
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Editorials from the Daily Newsletter
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Site announcements and news.
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Issues, comments, notes about the website.
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Please post any ideas for the SQLServerCentral.com site that you would like to see.
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Post notes here about tag problems or additional tags that need to be added to content. Include the content URL and tags you think it should have (or not have)
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Any issues, comments, criticisms, or ideas for new shows, please let us know!
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Forum for testing new features.
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A series of articles that are worth writing here on the site to fill holes.
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For the DBA
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Questions about backups, restores, and transaction logs in SQL Server 2005.
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22,594 posts
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Potential data corruption issues, checkdb problems, etc.
651 topics
4,533 posts
Yukon for Developers.
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26,130 posts
Questions and comments about configuring, connecting to and troubleshooting SQL Server 2005 to Oracle databases.
348 topics
2,022 posts
Questions and tips about using SQL Mobile/Compact Edition.
196 topics
691 posts
Anything about SQL Server 2005.
12,772 topics
63,466 posts
Questions about security, logins, schema, users, etc. in SQL Server 2005.
2,218 topics
9,952 posts
Questions about design, ideas, and other strategies that you might use with SQL Server 2005.
1,113 topics
6,951 posts
Topics about SQL Server 2005 Replication issues.
2,328 topics
8,773 posts
Questions and issues with SQL Server Express.
914 topics
4,099 posts
Questions about tuning and performance issues in SQL Server 2005.
3,464 topics
26,349 posts
Discussions about Integration Services, the replacement for DTS.
10,786 topics
50,020 posts
Questions about T-SQL in SQL Server 2005.
12,725 topics
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Questions and problems administering all versions of SQL Server.
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85,768 posts
Discussion on SQL Server Backups.
2,417 topics
12,497 posts
Potential data corruption issues, checkdb problems, etc.
294 topics
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38,714 posts
Anything that is about collation, codepage, sort order, comparison, etc.
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431 posts
Discuss clustering, scalability and other enterprise topics.
616 topics
2,735 posts
Questions and comments about configuring, connecting to and troubleshooting SQL Server 7 or 2000 to Oracle databases.
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261 posts
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6,993 posts
Ready for a good debate on DBA or developer topics.
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2,368 posts
Beginner questions, comments and topics.
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16,076 posts
Talk about experiences, problems and setup of SQL Server service packs.
430 topics
1,677 posts
All types of discussions on SQL Server CE
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232 posts
Discussions about scaling and performance tuning SQL and SQL Server.
2,760 topics
15,764 posts
Replication issues and questions for SQL Server 7 and 2000.
2,702 topics
9,486 posts
Issues and experiences for US companies that are working on compliance with the Sarabannes-Oxley act.
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306 posts
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111,608 posts
Setup, troubleshooting, and optimizing SQL Server Agent.
851 topics
3,420 posts
Forums that talk about working with other platforms and SQL Server, either with Linked Servers, data ETL operations, or something else.
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Issues with MySQL and SQL Server
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Issues with Oracle (all versions) and SQL Server
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comments and questions about working with SQL Server and PostgreSQL
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Questions about DB2 and SQL Server
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Questions about Sharepoint related issues.
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Any questions on older versions.
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Any questions on older versions.
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Find out how to prepare for the MCDBA and MCSE tests and do they really benefit you.
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6,236 posts
Opinions and questions about interactions with employees and employers. Remember this is a public forum.
312 topics
3,157 posts
discussions about events relating to SQL Server.
55 topics
380 posts
Looking for a SQL Server professional?
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1,321 posts
Copy-and-paste your resume into this forum or talk about the database job market as a whole.
252 topics
1,170 posts
A place to post abstracts and sessions for critique or comment.
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355 posts
For retired DBAs and SQL Server professionals.
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Discuss the question of the day sent in the newsletter.
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1,656 posts
Discuss the SQL Server Security Skills test at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/testcenter
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Discussion of SQL Server related issues in Microsoft Access. We'll try to help with the rest, but we're SQL dudes here!
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Discussions about software products and books.
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Issues with administering Notification Services
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Child category to move discussions to a grandchild and off the front page.
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Ideas, suggestions and discussions on future versions and directions.
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Suggestions, comments, and discussion on SQL v12
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