Spring Cleaning
For a Friday poll this week, Steve Jones is looking at those spring cleaning or annual maintenance activities that you might perform on your systems.
Retrieve Default SQL Server Backup Folder using PowerShell
In a previous tip on creating a Function to Return Default SQL Server Backup Folder , you've seen how you can create a T-SQL function to query the registry and retrieve the default SQL Server Backup folder. Is there an easier way to do it in Windows PowerShell?
SQL Server 2008 Compression
Testing and analysis of new backup compression and table/index compression features of SQL Server 2008.
What Do We Want?
Today Steve Jones talks about the challenges of deciding what to include in that next software release. Something that likely isn't as easy as we might think it should be.
Basic Defensive Database Programming Techniques
We can all recognize good-quality database code: It doesn't break with every change in the server's configuration, or on upgrade. It isn't affected by concurrent usage, or high workload. In an extract from his forthcoming book, Alex explains just how to go about producing resilient TSQL code that works, and carries on working.
SQL Saturday #42 - Columbus Call for Speakers
If you want to speak at this June 26 event, submit a session now.
April Webinar: MVP Series
Free webinar training brought to you by Pragmatic Works, WROX, SQL Server Central, and SQL Server Magazine. The April Series will run from April 20 - April 29, 2010. Register now to reserve a place.
Speed Racer
Speed is critical. That's the theme for today's editorial, using the NYSE as an example.
Using Full Text Search in SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008 Full-Text Search feature can be used by application developers to execute full-text search queries against character based data residing in a SQL Server table
Blogs
Breaking Rules in Rome
By Steve Jones
Last week I was honored with a trip to Rome for the Redgate President’s...
Databases and AI Agents
By Arun Sirpal
As part of my wider work exploring Claude Code and AI-assisted database engineering, I...
Creating a Pulsing Conducting Baton - Part 1
By Bert Wagner
Train Wreck The last time I watched a high school band nearly fall apart mid-performance...
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Why Your Index Isn't Being Used? - Reading Execution Plans to Find the Real Culprit
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Distance Metric Algorithms
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What Can AI Really Do?
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Question of the Day
Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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