Happy Halloween 2011
It's Halloween day, the night for dressing up in costume and being a little silly. Hopefully it's also a fun day without anything going wrong for you at work.
TSQL Challenge 68 - Generate kaprekar kernel or series from numbers
This challenge invites you to Generate kaprekar kernel or series from numbers.
Using The Kimball Dimensional Modeling Tool
Using the Kimball Data Warehouse Modeling Tool in an agile setting supporting regular builds and integrated testing with work a rounds to cover non-SQL Server systems.
Standardize SQL Server Installations with Configuration Files
If you have a requirement to install multiple SQL Server instances with the same settings, you most likely want to do it without following the numerous manual installation steps. The below tip will guide you through how to install a SQL Server instance with less effort.
Employee Slurping
This editorial was originally published on Oct 21, 2006. It is being re-run as Steve is out at SQL in the City today. This one talks about the security of USB devices and the potential problems of employees copying data.
Ports that DBAs Need to Know
This article lists the essential TCP/UDP ports that an administrator running SQL Server or a cluster should know.
“QUOTED_IDENTIFIER” causes Unexpected Query Plan for Persisted Computed Column query
In this blog, you will see the reproducible steps that reveal the following observation: “If the table has a persisted computed column*, the query optimizer will choose a clustered index scan over a clustered index seek.”
Identify SQL Server TCP IP port being used
How do I find out what TCP/IP port SQL Server is using for a specific SQL Server instance? In this tip we look at different ways a database administrator can identify the port used by instance of SQL Server.
Extract multiple files from multiple directories with a data flow task
This article shows how to extract multiple files from multiple sub-directories into a destination table using a single Data Flow Task created by the Import/Export wizard.
Blogs
Reading SQL Server File Headers with DBCC FILEHEADER
I’ve been doing a deep dive into SQL Server on-disk structures lately, and one...
T-SQL Tuesday #197 – An impactful session or two from a conference – RECAP
By DataOnWheels
Thanks to everyone who joined the blog party this month. I noticed three themes...
OpenClaw- Agentic Engineering
By Vinay Thakur
This week has training on AI – Cyber security experts – Omar Santos and...
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences V
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can generate values before an insert statement is executed?
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