Expert Analysis: A Case for Socialization of Data
It's time to integrate social data, enterprise analytics and enterprise data for better social-media strategy.
Beyond Automation
Are there some things that are beyond automation in your company? Steve Jones comments on the difficulty of changing things with automation in some cases.
Convert Mirroring to Log Shipping
Describes how to convert database mirroring to log shipping in SQL 2005/2008.
Additional Columns in StreamInsight Event Flow Debugger
This tool is excellent when investigating what is going on in your StreamInsight Streams. I was looking through the menu items recently and went to Query => Event Fields I found that there were a couple of columns not added by default to the event viewer (Reminds me of the fact that the Variables viewer in SSIS hides columns also) Latency NewEndTime EnqueueTime Here they all are together. This gives us even more information about what is going on
Can you set a pagefile more than 4GB?
Can you set a pagefile on a Windows machine to more than 4GB? Stanley Chan shows us how after an issue with a crashed Windows machine.
Penalties
Terry Childs gets sentenced for refusing to turn over passwords to his boss. Steve Jones reminds us that we work for someone and that we have to remember that when taking a stand.
Run SQL Command Against Multiple Instances Without CMS
I understand that I can use Central Management Servers to run a T/SQL query against multiple instances at once - can I do this without CMS though?
Beginning SQL Server
A presentation by Steve Jones that talks about the technical basics of what SQL Server is and how it works with some hints about backups, security, and more.
Improving database development with SQL Source Control
A webinar sponsored by Red Gate Software showing you how easy it can be to source control your database code. Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:00 PM EDT
Keeping Engaged
How can you better keep employees engaged in your company? Keep them happy and hopefully retain them for a long time? Steve Jones has some comments today.
Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
Forums
The New Wave of Security Threats
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There's Too Much to Learn
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How to Calculate Distance Between Coordinates in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
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