Getting Fired from an Unpaid Job.
Phil Factor initially brooded about being fired from a job he was just doing unpaid to help out. Then he suddenly realized that they were probably right.
Mid September Free Training from PASS
There's going to be over 30 hours of free online SQL Server training in the upcoming week and you're not going to want to miss out!
Top 10 SQL Server Integration Services Best Practices
Learn the top 10 best practices for large scale SSIS packages from a real world DBA.
Performance Issue with large number of Virtual Log Files in SQL Server Transaction Log
SQL Server transaction log files have an internal structure called the Virtual Log File or VLF. When the number of VLFs grow out of control due to autogrowth the log can become fragmented and cause delay. In this tip we look at how to see how many VLFs exist as well as how this can be reduced to a more reasonable number.
SQL Saturday #46 - Raleigh
A free one day training event in Raleigh, NC. Come to the first SQL Saturday in this city on Sept 18, 2010
Instrumentation
This Friday Steve Jones is looking for the instrumentation or monitoring that you build into your applications.
Identifying and Eliminating the Dreaded Cartesian Product
Cartesian Products usually don't provide useful information and often result in mistakes that can hurt your database developer career. Learn to spot Cartesian Joins and banish them from your SELECT queries forever.
SQL Saturday #48 - Columbia
SQL Saturday Columbia, SC gives you a chance to get a full day of free SQL Server information, lectures, and seminars from the experts on the East Coast.
Enjoy Your Job
A reminder today that there are people that enjoy their jobs. Steve Jones reminds us that we should take jobs based on that criteria.
Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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Question of the Day
Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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