On Thursday November 17th at 8PM Eastern, Steve Simon will discuss "No Matter how well planned and executed, data structures sometime resembles something out of a Dr. Seuss book."
With the DBA in Space contest ending this week, Steve Jones has some thoughts on the contest, and what he'd do if he were to win.
We have a new forum setup for your Powerpivot questions. If you are working with Powerpivot, please feel free to ask questions here.
SQL Server 2008 and later offers the ability to create compressed backup files. When creating the compressed backup, how much space is really needed and when does the space get allocated for the backup file?
Check out the final question for the DBA in Space contest. It's a math tease that needs research. If you can solve it, and you work with databases, enter the contest at dbainspace.com
This article will show you how to install SQL Server on to a Windows Core Server host.
Today Steve responds to a blog post from Microsoft that talks about the viability of placing our database files on network shares.
Last month, Phil Factor caused a furore amongst some MVPs with an article that dared to suggest that for reasonably small-scale strategic uses, and with a bit of due care and testing, table variables are a "good thing". Not everyone shared his opinion.
The DBA in Space competition ends this Friday, November 18. You can still enter, and answer all the questions this week. If you work with databases in any way, you're eligible.
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