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.
SQL 2008 & 2005 DDL Auditing - Full Server Self Maintaining Solution
DDL triggers enable us to audit DDL changes but there are a few missing events, design decisions and installation complications.
Performing a Left Anti Semi Join in StreamInsight
Performing a LEFT OUTER JOIN in TSQL is easy. The same logic in StreamInsight requires a little more work. In this presentation I show exactly how you can perform a LEFT OUTER JOIN on your event streams. Your browser cannot play this video. Learn how to fix this.
A Server is Not a Machine
With cloud computing use growing, and SQL Server Azure becoming more popular, Steve Jones wishes this would become a product that the rest of us could deploy.
Turn a Bad Job into a Good Experience
Today we have a guest editorial from Tim Mitchell that tells you how to turn a bad job into something more.
Identify Databases Not in SQL Server 2008 Compatibility Level Using Policy Based Management
You need to periodically ascertain if there are any databases in your production environment which are not in SQL Server 2008 Compatibility Level. In this tip we cover the step by step process for setting up a policy to identify databases that are not in SQL Server 2008 Compatibility Level.
Excel with Stored Procedures
Longtime DBA David Poole brings us an interesting situation in involving setting up a user to allow Excel to query data from SQL Server.
The Value of Blogging
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that talks about the value of blogging.
Blogs
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
T-SQL Tuesday #199: Back to the on-prem
It’s the second tuesday of the month, which means T-SQL Tuesday time! This month’s...
Forums
Unable to restrict permission
I have 13 restricted views in my EDW DB. 6 of them are created...
Install SQL Scripts via GUI Wizard
Hallo all! My problem is this: I have quite a bunch of TSQL scripts...
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Question of the Day
Converting Money
Does this run successfully on a SQL Server 2022, US English default installation?
DECLARE @YenAmount MONEY; SET @YenAmount = ¥1500; SELECT @YenAmount AS RawValue;See possible answers