Professional Development Week
Last week was Professional Development Week at SQL University. Steve Jones talks about the importance of having a professional development plan and the types of things that you could learn this week.
Will You Become a Master?
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. There are changes in the Microsoft Certified Master of SQL Server program and many people are considering trying to earn this certification. Today Andy Warren asks if you want to go down that path.
And now for a completely inappropriate use of SQL Server
A while back I wrote up a short introductory overview of Genetic Algorithms. Just for the shear, absolute fun of...
Emailing tempdb Query Results to Paul Randal with PowerShell
I was referred to someone on twitter today who wants to email query results without setting up database mail. I...
Monitoring Transactional Replication – The Distribution Queue
This article looks at the distribution database what information can be obtained for monitoring transactional replication.
SQL Saturday #69 - Philadelphia
SQL Saturday comes back to Philly on Mar 5, 2011. Spread the word and come get a free day of training on SQL Server.
Odd Questions
Interviews can be strange for many reasons, often because interviewers are not well prepared to evaluate candidates. This Friday Steve Jones asks you what weird things you might have encountered in an interview when someone is asking you questions.
Automatic Statistics Update Slows Down SQL Server 2005
I have a database which has several tables that have very heavy write operations. These table are very large and some are over a hundred gigabytes. I noticed performance of this database is getting slower and after some investigation we suspect that the Auto Update Statistics function is causing a performance degradation.
Drive
What motivates people? What makes them happy at their jobs? Steve Jones talks about Drive, the book by Dan Pink, and the possibility that people actually like doing their jobs and are willing to work.
Renumbering Rows in a Table Variable (or Table/Temp Table)
I was recently working on a data cleanup problem where I had to do lots of comparisons of one row...
Blogs
Databases and AI Agents
By Arun Sirpal
As part of my wider work exploring Claude Code and AI-assisted database engineering, I...
Creating a Pulsing Conducting Baton - Part 1
By Bert Wagner
Train Wreck The last time I watched a high school band nearly fall apart mid-performance...
ISACA AI Material/Exam Prep Discount (May 18 – June 30, 2026)
By Brian Kelley
If you are considering any of the ISACA AI certs like the Advanced Artificial...
Forums
Why Your Index Isn't Being Used? - Reading Execution Plans to Find the Real Culprit
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Distance Metric Algorithms
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What Can AI Really Do?
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Question of the Day
Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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