Downtime
How does someone handle downtime in a small business? Steve Jones has some thoughts today based on a question sent in recently.
Index Black Ops Part 6 – Fill Factor vs. Page Splits
In my TSQL2sDay index summary post, that I’d be writing a few posts on the information that is contained in...
Working with the INSERT statement in SQL Server
The INSERT statement in SQL Server is versatile. It now allows the insertion of multiple rows of literal values. It also provides the output clause that solves a number of common problems such as ascertaining the value of identity fields, and other calculated fields in tables, or for auditing the rows that are added to tables. Robert, once again, gives a clear introduction.
Differences
Today Steve Jones wraps up this week of editorial topics looking at women's issues with his own views on men and women in the workplace.
Event Notifications in SQL Server for Tracking Changes
As a DBA, we often need a way to track what events are occurring (changes that are being made) on SQL Server or at the database level. So what is a way to track these changes without much impact on SQL Server performance?
SQL Saturday #53 – Kansas City Wrap Up
Another weekend, another new city, another SQL Saturday. This was my first trip to Kansas City, and it was a...
Gender Differences in the Workplace
Today we have a guest editorial from MVP Jessica Moss that talks about the gender differences in the workplace, and how you can work to get beyond them.
Potential Issue with Re-Naming Stored Procedures
In this article Mohammad Meimandi explains an issue faced while using SQL-DMO to copy database objects.
Blogs
Finally Cleaning Up Dropbox: Moving Almost a TB to Google Drive with rclone
By davebem
I’ve had a Dropbox account for years. Like a lot of people, I started...
KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 4
By Zikato
Someone hacked Digitown's municipality and stole classified documents. 45 million rows of router traffic,...
EightKB 2026 – Schedule and Registration
Hello Hello, We. Are. Back! The schedule for EightKB 2026 Edition has been announced!...
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identity increments by 10,000 when it was supposed to be 1
hi a peer of mine who ive never known to be wrong says a...
Displaying Money
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The Slow Growing Problems
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Question of the Day
Displaying Money
I want to get the currency sign displayed with my amount stored in a money type. Does this work?
DECLARE @Amount MONEY; SET @Amount = '?1500'; SELECT CAST( @Amount AS VARCHAR(30)) AS EurosSee possible answers