DBA (Database Administrator) is a Data Professional tasked with managing an organization’s data using some sort of database software, such as Microsoft SQL Server. They are concerned with gathering, storing and presenting data to data consumers, which includes virtually anyone in the modern world.
Extended events have been a bit of a personal “Elephant in the room” for me. I know they are there and I should really get on a start using them but never *quite* have a compelling enough reason.
It's easy to create a database nowadays with point-'n-click, but if you've left your database's autogrowth settings at their default, you may hit problems in the future. Why? What to do about it? Read on!
Is is time to consider sharing your database server with other applications? Steve Jones thinks with today's powerful servers and changes to licensing, this might make sense.
Often databases are used with web-based interfaces and recording the IP address of the end user can assist with debugging, marketing, bandwidth planning and collation selection to name a few. In a scenario where each page access is logged, is there an optimal way to store IP addresses?
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A good security scheme will contain many layers. Today Steve Jones talks about one of those: good habits.
Why should any SQLserver administrator, DBA, or Developer be interested in Powershell? Johan Bijens presents a few reasons today.
What do SQL joins and the "teach a man to fish" Chinese proverb have in common? SQL joins, like regular expressions, are one of those commonplace programming tasks in which true success is entirely dependent upon your ability to conceptualize the outcome. Fail to do so and you'll likely wind up spending a few hours in a frustrating round of trial and error. Like regular expressions, the proliferation of online examples has actually contributed to the frustration, providing the equivalent of a day's worth of fish rather than the proverbial fishing pool.
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
It’s the second tuesday of the month, which means T-SQL Tuesday time! This month’s...
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As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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