Finding the Correct Weekday Regardless of DateFirst
In this article, learn how to get the correct weekday regardless of the DateFirst setting on your server.
When Do You Deploy?
Finding downtime can be hard at times, but Steve Jones recently found a company that took it during the week. This Friday's poll asks when you can have downtime.
Why Use SSAS?
After a great presentation from Brian Knight at the NYC User Group, Robert Pearl summarizes some information about SSAS and when it makes sense to use this subsystem. And why you might want to attend that next user group meeting.
Code that Writes Code - A Good Idea or Not?
I’m a big fan of code that writes code – most of the time. For instance, whenever you use the “templates” feature in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) or the Maintenance Wizard, you’re using code that writes other code. There’s even ...
Corruption Recovery Tips, Database Shrinkage Advice and More
Question: My backup strategy is a daily full backup at 1 a.m. and a log backup every hour. A DBCC CHECKDB also runs every day at 4 a.m. If I get to work at 8 a.m. and discover that the nighttime consistency checks found extensive corruption, how can I recover without losing a lot of data?
Job Quality
Through a circuitous route, I encountered a meaningful, thought-provoking quote lately: "... the best way to predict the future is to...
Quick Tip Of The Day
Over and over again we are told that the DMV’s only hold data since your last reboot. So, how do...
Managing Analysis Services Deployment - Part 2
Continuing with this series, Shahfaisal Muhammed brings us another method of deploying your SSAS projects to a new server. The rest of the series will cover other methods.
The Afternoon Whistle
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Balancing work and life is a challenge, and today Andy looks at one way that has helped him to manage his hours and learn to get away from work.
DBA.Sleep(8hrs)
I have been pondering recently what helps me to sleep at night. Or, conversely, what prevents me from sleeping at...
Blogs
ISACA AI Material/Exam Prep Discount (May 18 – June 30, 2026)
By Brian Kelley
If you are considering any of the ISACA AI certs like the Advanced Artificial...
A Fabric solution can be very cost effective
By ChrisJenkins
Are you currently using Microsoft Fabric or considering migrating to it? If so, there...
Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log
By SQLPals
Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log If you...
Forums
We Are Eating Our Own Seed Corn
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Before Using AI with Business Data, Read This
Artificial intelligence tools are quickly becoming part of daily business operations, from document analysis...
Designing SQL Server ETL Pipelines That Don't Break at Scale
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Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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