How Do You Drive Your DBA Mad?
I’ve written about a few ‘worst practices’ over the years to call attention to some things that are bad (or...
March Question: What is the biggest mistake/problem you have ever found on a SQL Server instance, and how did you fix it?
Post your responses to the above SQL Aloha Question of the Month in the comments section below (at www.bradmcgehee.com if...
SQL Saturday #33
A one day training event in the Charlotte, NC area. Come join MVPs from around the area at another great SQL Saturday.
Be Responsible
When getting help online, you need to be professional and a part of that is being responsible. Steve Jones reminds us today that we have to be careful about what we post.
Data Mining with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 - Sample Chapter
Another sample chapter from Wiley, this time for one of the hot topics in business intelligence: data mining.
Master Data Services - SSIS MDM Load
The article will provide an overview of Master Data Services and a sample SSIS Package.
Ten Problems with XQuery and the SQL/XML Standard
XQuery and SQL/XML standard are processors for XML. SQL/XML was designed to try to match the capabilities of XQuery as closely as possible and XQuery was designed not only to support XML, but also to support relational processing. Read on to learn why this may have a negative influence on their capabilities.
Overusing Identities
Do you put an identity column on every table? That might be a bad habit you want to kick, but not all at once. Steve Jones comments on this common data modeling practice.
Randomizing Result Sets with NEWID
Seth Delconte brings us a technique to solve a common request. Using the NEWID function to return a random record from a result set.
Blogs
VPN + SQL Server Connections: Why Long-Working Setups Suddenly Fail with Msg 10054 and “Connection Broken”
By Tim Radney
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been contacted by multiple customers experiencing the same...
Future IT Roles – Agentic Architect and AI Boom!!
By Vinay Thakur
These days everything is changing to AI World, IT roles are getting changed and...
Free Webinar about Columnstore Indexes
I’m doing a small series on indexing basics for SQL Server, and on May...
Forums
BCA KCP Bintaro Hubungi Cs.0851•8812•0691
BCA KCP Bintaro Hubungi Cs.0851•8812•0691 Jl. RC. Veteran. 9, dan No.9A, Daerah Khusus Ibukota...
BCA KCP Pluit Raya TLP/WA 08216977749
Jl. Pluit Raya No.200, Penjaringan, Kecamatan Penjaringan, Jkt Utara, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 14440
BCA KCP Mal Taman Anggrek TLP/WA 08218573837
By Quay thu XSMN hôm nay - quay thu MN - KETQUA.TV
Jl. Letjen S. Parman No.Kav. 21 Lower Ground Lot. C 07, Slipi, Kec. Grogol...
Question of the Day
SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
See possible answers