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.
Auditing with Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 - Part 2
Part 2 of the series on using MAP 5.0 looks at using the toolkit to inventory servers, preparing audit reports and server virtualization planning.
Transactional Replication Setup (by Abi Chapagai)
As I discussed in my first part of replication SQL Server 2008 Replication: High Availability Solution Part One, replication is...
Why are we still talking about Women in Tech?
Today we have a guest editorial from Jen McCown, one half of the Midnight DBAs. Jen wonders why we are still talking about women in technology? Women do the same jobs as men in this field.
Writing Nearly Codeless Apps: Part 1
A new series from David Ziffer describes a way of building applications in a more standardized fashion, and it provides a basic review of some software that can help.
Blogs
Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget
It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
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Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead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...
Forums
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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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