How well do you really know your colleagues?
Take your peers out of their comfort zone and do you know how well they'll perform?
SQL Server 2008 Table Valued Parameters Performance
An article from Scott Zurolo tests the terformance of SQL Server 2008 Table Valued Parameters against more traditional methods of updating many rows at once.
How to add NULL Defense to your SSIS packages using scripting
In this part of NULL Defense series, we will discuss how to create NULL Defense in Script Transformation.
Find the Port a Connection is Using
If you have multiple ports, this article from Mark Greenbaum will tell you which port a connection is using
Leanring from Experts
A guest editorial from Andy Warren. Experience helps us do a better job, and one way you can get that is learning from experts.
Data Warehousing Architecture - Designing the Data Staging Area
The staging area tends to be one of the more overlooked components of a data warehouse architecture, and yet it is an integral part of the ETL component design. Learn why it is best to design the staging layer right the first time, enabling support of various ETL processes and related methodology, recoverability and scalability.
Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types
The July 2010 PASS Performance VC Presentation by Jason Strate on July 6th 12:00 PM EDT (GMT -4).
SSIS Package to Script All SQL Server Jobs to Individual Files
The provided SSIS package contains a single script task that will script all SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 Agent Jobs into individual files.
What if TDE was available in Standard Edition?
Today we have a guest editorial from John Magnabosco that looks at TDE, and the reasons that it ought to be in Standard Edition.
Multi-parameter CLR aggregate in SQL Server 2005
How is it possible to pass multiple parameters to a SQL Server 2005 CLR aggregate?
Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
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...
Forums
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
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Secure Communications
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Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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