Selling Used Cars
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at the value of experience.
Writing a Data Access Layer (DAL) for SQL Server
In this tip, I am going to show you how you can create a Data Access Layer (to store, retrieve and manage data in relational database) in ADO .NET. I will show how you can make it data provider independent, so that you don't have to re-write your data access layer if the data storage source changes and also you can reuse it in other applications that you develop.
Archive Backups
The need to archive data is becoming more and more important as data sizes grow. However when you choose to archive data, you might need to reconsider how your DR plan is structured.
SQL Server Service Broker Components - Message Types, Contracts and Queue
Arshad Ali discusses the Initiator, Target, Message Types, Contract and Queue--all components of SQL Server Service Broker (SSBS).
Google FUD
A recent headline that Google is dumping Windows because of security issues sounds like FUD to Steve Jones.
Paging and Versioning Using ROW_NUMBER()
Paging through results of data, or finding specific sets of data is something that most of us need to do. A new article from Lawrence Moore shows us how we can do this with ROW_NUMBER()
Introduction to Master Data Services in SQL Server 2008
There are numerous databases housing the same information and it's getting quite difficult to keep everything in line. I've heard from a number of departments who want a more centralized approach to handling customer data, but I don't know where to begin. Can you steer me in the right direction?
A new IDE for SQL Server?
Microsoft have been cooking up something for Database Developers in Visual Studio 2010, and Phil Factor has decided it's high time he looked into it. It's not as odd as it sounds, and is actually rather promising, as Phil discovers.
Finding the Context
Will computers become better at finding context in situations and environments? Steve Jones comments.
TSQL Challenge 32 - Clean up phrases by removing noise words
The idea of this challenge is to clean up the phrase from the words identified as 'noise' words from the beginning and end of sentences.
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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SQL Server Still Wins
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
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Question of the Day
DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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