SQL Saturday #118 - Madison
SQL Saturday comes to Wisconsin and Madison on Apr 21, 2012 with world famous brats for lunch. Sign up for a free day of SQL Server training.
Get Some Cross Training Today
There's an IT skills gap in many companies, which is forcing managers to get creative. Steve Jones says now is the time to look for some cross training at work.
TSQL TestBits function for rapidly testing multiple switch settings
Are multiple binary switches becoming hard to manage? The TestBits function can help with that.
SQL Saturday #107 - Houston
Come to a free day of SQL Server training in Houston, TX on Apr 21, 2012.
Verify SQL Server Stored Procedures are the same on multiple servers
I have a stored procedure I push down to all of my servers that does a custom backup job and I want to make sure all servers have the same stored procedure. Is there some way to check without going to each server and reviewing the stored procedure? Check out this to find out.
The On-call Demands
This Friday Steve Jones asks about your on-call responsibilities and the load you face from after hours calls. If you're a DBA that doesn't work strictly 9-5 every week, let us know.
Bin Packing Problems: The SQL
The 'bin packing' problem isn't just a fascination for computer scientists, but comes up in a whole range of real-world applications. It isn't that easy to come up with a practical, set oriented solution in SQL that gives a near-optimal result.
CLR Integration in SQL
Learn how to build a CLR function that can be used to perform string manipulations that might be rather complex in T-SQL.
Treat the Database like Code
Steve Jones reminds us that our databases contain code, and as such, they ought to be under some type of version control.
Blogs
5 Starter Projects for Your AI and Data Engineering Portfolio
Reading tutorials is fine. Shipping something is better. If you are trying to break...
The Book of Redgate: Taking Breaks
By Steve Jones
We work hard at Redgate, though with a good work-life balance. One interesting observation...
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
Forums
Pro SQL Server Internals
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Pro SQL Server Internals
SQL ART: Who's Blocking Who? Visualising SQL Server Blocking With Spatial Geometry
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL ART: Who's Blocking Who?...
Running SQLCMD II
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Running SQLCMD II
Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers