Survey: what is the highest wait on your system?
SQL Server guru Paul Randal is conducting a short survey on wait states. Add your vote to the tally.
Worldwide Online TechDay/2010
Organized by Microsoft Brazilian Technical Community and relying on renowned international speakers, Worldwide Online TechDay/2010 promises to be the biggest technological online event ever seen. Oct 30, 2010
Protect the Excel files generated by SSIS package-Part I
It is not only the data within the database that requires protection but any report generated using SQL Server needs to be protected before being mailed
The Growth of Professional Development
Steve Jones talks about the more formal effort that it seems many people are placing to grow their careers.
SQL Rally: One Day on Query Performance Tuning
The SQLRally, a new PASS initiative taking place in the spring, is going to be a community driven event. This...
SQL Server Email Alerts Notifications
This article details a creating a more flexible and user friendly email alerts system.
Vote for my precon workshop for PASS SQLRally
I’m one of the 3 lucky guys whose submitted precon workshop for the developer category
for PASS SQLRally is in the...
Vote For The SQLRally Pre-Con Seminars
Do you know a real-life Pointy Haired Boss? Maybe you don’t work for him, but I bet you’ve met one.
In...
You know you want it! - SQLRally Precon Voting
For those of you who have seen our team present, we always do our best to make it really informative,...
The Hybrid
Steve Jones talks about SQL Server Connections, the conference that might be the place to be for hybrid IT workers.
Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
Forums
Changes, Happiness, and a Few Tears
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BCP on Linux
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You Probably Don't Need a Vector Database
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Question of the Day
BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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