SQL Saturday #38 - Jacksonville Call for Speakers
If you want to speak at SQL Saturday #38 in Jacksonville, FL on May 8, 2010, there's still time to submit a session.
Are you preparing for SQL Server 2008 R2?
With the launch of SQL Server 2008 R2 almost upon us, DBAs need to start planning in some time to see what it has to offer. Brad McGehee reviews some of the available resources.
The Log Shipping Standard
Log shipping is a tool that has more benefits than just recovering from a major disaster. Steve Jones thinks this might be a tool that DBAs should use for all their critical databases.
SQL Server Geography Data Type
We are working on the migration to SQL Server 2008 and have geospatial data that we would like to move over as well. As part of our application we house information on locations across the globe. Which data type should we use?
Essential Software
For this Friday's poll, Steve Jones asks if there is a set of essential software that every DBA needs to have installed on their machine.
Retrieving Data from an Audit Table
This article examines the various methods for retrieving data from an Audit table.
SQL Server Intellisense VS. Red Gate SQL Prompt
Fabiano Amorim is hooked on today's Integrated Development Environments with built-in Intellisense, so he looked forward keenly to SQL Server 2008's native intellisense. He was disappointed at how it turned out, so turned instead to SQL Prompt. Fabiano explains why he prefers to SQL Prompt, why he reckons it fits in with the way that database developers work, and goes on to describe some of the features he'd like to see in it
Office Cleaning
A guest editorial from Andy Warren today looks at choices in time management, as well as work accomplished.
SQL Server 2008 Spatial Index Performance
The institution I work with has decided to migrate their database system to SQL Server 2008. One of the applications uses geospatial data, which consists of millions of rows. I understand that their are indexes that can be used for geospatial data, but have not worked with them. What's the scoop on them?
Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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