Simplify Large Queries with Temporary Tables, Table Variables and CTEs
This article demonstrates how to manage the development of complex queries by building them in stages with temporary tables, table variables and common table expressions.
The Window Is Shrinking
Today Steve talks about security and the fact that your window for lax security is shrinking for new applications.
Automatically Capturing SQL Server Performance Metrics
This article looks to provide a method that you can use to collect the author's top 10 SQL Server performance metrics automatically over time.
Hardware Hacking
Steve Jones examines one of the issues of foreign chip production: security. Will this be an attack vector in the future?
Hidden RBAR: Counting with Recursive CTE's
"Counting" is essential to many high performance code techniques. SQL Server MVP, Jeff Moden, shows us how to make sure that we're "Counting" and not "Crippling" our trick-code.
TSQL Challenge 62 - Break a long sentence in groups of 5 words
Read the input string and break each sentence into groups of 5 words. A row may contain more than one sentence. Each sentence in the input should start a new group.
What SQL Server Books Do You Recommend
Brad's noticed that there are fewer good books about SQL Server on the shelves, and asks which books you'd recommend to people who are new to SQL Server
Adding the Script Task to Your SSIS Packages
Script tasks are a great way of extending SSIS functionality, when none of the built-in components are quite right for the task you need to perform. But how to go about creating a script task? No worries, once again Robert Sheldon is on hand to provide easy instructions on how to do it.
Free Two User License SourceGear Vault Professional
Read more about how you can get a free two user license from SourceGear and Red Gate Software.
Guide To MCITP: SQL Server 2008 Administration
Find out what you need to learn for the SQL Server 2008 Administration certification exams.
Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
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How to Calculate Distance Between Coordinates in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
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