Being Supportive
Steve Jones says we need to stick together in IT, at least from the perspective of the client. Otherwise we can all look bad as an industry.
Data searches that leverage existing indexes
Recent installments of our SQL Server 2005 Express Edition series have been discussing its implementation of Full Text Indexing. This article focuses on data searches, which leverage existing indexes, taking into account such features as noise words and thesaurus files.
Logging with SQL Server
This article from Ed Swiedler looks at using SQL Server to log activity from various sources. Service Broker and Windows Services are used to create a generic logging service that will build log files for you to examine outside of any application.
Women in Technology
A guest editorial from Phil Factor today that points out some of the incredibly contributions by women in technology.
Transfer database schema objects and data to another server/database with SMO
In this tip, I am going to show you how you can use SMO (SQL Server Management Objects) classes to transfer database objects and data to another server or database.
Slipping out of the DBA trenches
Today we have a guest editorial from Rodney Landrum who wonders how DBA Managers, removed from the front lines, can keep up to date and retain their edge. Is it inevitable that, slowly but inexorably, they will feel the 'blunting of the blade'?
Those Stubborn Database Rules - Finding Them and Scripting Them
Scripting out database rules to help you remove them from your database solutions.
Application and Multi-Server Management
This paper introduces the new extensions in SQL Server Management Studio and the Control Point Explorer, and it walks through the simple process of setting up a SQL Server managed server group, including SQL Server Control Point installation, enrolling an instance into central management, extracting Data-tier Applications from existing deployments, and deploying Data-tier Applications to the new managed server group.
Be Prepared
Today we have a guest editorial from Grant Fritchey. The Boy Scouts motto is "be prepared" and most of you probably unconsciously follow that in your daily lives. Why is it that so many of us don't follow through on this same advice with our databases? Grant Fritchey gives a few examples of how you should "be prepared" for a database emergency.
Managing Large Data Sets in SQL Server 2005 and 2008
Easily manage operations against large data sets, be able to stop and start operations at a whim and throttle them up or down to manage system performance.
Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
Forums
Backup Availability Group
Please I am hoping for some feedback Specifications: Windows Server 2022 SQL Server 2022...
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
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Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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