Using PowerShell to Manage SQLServer
This article provides a practical example of how Powershell can be used by DBAs.
ERDDUG - Introduction to Indexes with SQL Server MVP Gail Shaw
If you are in South Africa near East Rand, join the East Rand Developer and DBA group on April 9 for a presentation by SQL Server expert, MVP, and longtime SQLServerCentral author, Gail Shaw.
How To Fix Connect
Today Steve Jones asks for your ideas on Microsoft's Connect. It's a good way to submit bugs and suggestions, but it seems to suffer from a scale problem. What do you think would help?
Industrial-strength database documentation using Extended Properties
To finish this short series on extended properties a look at documenting sets of database objects
Change SQL Startup Parameters with PowerShell
Sometimes when we’re trying to track down a problem and looking through SQL’s Logs we have to dig...
SQL Saturday - #74 - Jacksonville
Come attend this free one day training event in Jacksonville, FL on Apr 30, 2011. Meet a number of SQL Server experts and learn about SQL Server at the University of North Florida.
TOP 10 SQL Server Requests That Should Be Automated
What DBA wouldn't want to make their job a little easier?
DBAs on ACID
Any DBA who has been bitten by these subtle data integrity issues, or reports that erratically produce the wrong results, will know how much careful testing is involved in mitigating them.
Real World Foreach Loop Container example
Describes different uses of the SSIS Foreach Loop container in one practical scenario.
The Value of Data
What value can you place on data? It can be hard to determine, especially when so many sites on the Internet want data to be free. However the New York Times is going to a subscription model, with the idea that there is some value to their data and people will pay for it.
Blogs
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
How AgentDBA Identifies Backup Failures
By Arun Sirpal
Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...
Forums
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From SQL Server On-Premises to Claude Desktop: How I built a Full MCP Pipeline
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Independence Day 2026
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Question of the Day
Independence Day 2026
In the original Independence Day movie (1996), what type of computer did Jeff Goldblum use to connect to the alien mainframe? Take a guess, don't look it up or ask AI.
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