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Today we have an editorial from Mar 22, 2006 as Steve is on vacation. Today Steve Jones notes that economics might determine how you are paid, but human nature describes how you behave.
Digitization transforms yet another of our most cherished traditions.
I'm trying to set up SQL Server and I know that I'm not supposed to use an account that's an administrator on the system, as per best practices. I see that the System account is a possibility, but I've been advised not to use it. Why not? Check out this tip to learn more.
Today we have an editorial reprinted from April 3, 2006 as Steve is on vacation. Ethics are often just as bad at the top of our companies as they are at the bottom. Steve Jones comments today on how this affects IT.
This week Steve Jones looks at a few notes that show employers are wising up overall about certifications and the value of real world skills.
In this next installment looking at implementing best practices here at SQLServerCentral, Brad McGehee looks at a few performance counters and what they tell us about the performance of our database server.
Using linked connections you can collect system information on your Oracle server from SQL server.
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate a custom scripting framework which enables the management of SQLServer databases from a Windows PowerShell session and also to extend Powershell’s flexibility by creating a set of commands customized to our needs. I will call this framework comprised of a library of modules and functions specialized to manage SQLServer the DBA profile.
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
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Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
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attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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I have a need to execute a stored procedure and return the results to...
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37 4 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers