The Dynamic Tally or Numbers Table
Building a tally table is a common T-SQL problem that many new developers struggle with. Lynn Pettis brings us an article that shows how to use CTEs to accomplish this.
Is Networking Important?
There's a networking seminar at the PASS Summit, and with the explosion of social networking sites, lots of technology workers have been thinking about how to better network for their career. Today Steve Joens talks about why it's a good idea to build up your networking skills.
Is Networking Important?
There's a networking seminar at the PASS Summit, and with the explosion of social networking sites, lots of technology workers have been thinking about how to better network for their career. Today Steve Joens talks about why it's a good idea to build up your networking skills.
Is Networking Important?
There's a networking seminar at the PASS Summit, and with the explosion of social networking sites, lots of technology workers have been thinking about how to better network for their career. Today Steve Joens talks about why it's a good idea to build up your networking skills.
Keep Your SQL Server Indexes Fragmentation Free
Routine maintenance can keep index fragmentation to a minimum—with some help from an index-defragmenting script.
Migrating SQL Server Databases - The DBA's Checklist (Part 2)
Part 2 of the database migration series examines setting database options, mapping database users to logins, recovery models, backups, and changing the code associated with configurations.
PowerShell 101 for the DBA: Querying Your Servers with PowerShell
In my last blog post, I discussed how to get PowerShell and SQLPS up and running on your machine(s). And...
Windows Internal Database
This past Friday I received a call from our systems team stating that they were running low on Disk Space...
Part 2: Why you should be using the Full Recovery Model
Part 2 of the SQL Server Essentials Series looks at why you should be using the Full Recovery Model to protect your data assets.
There's No Such Species as a DBA
Phil ponders whether the term 'DBA' is still really meaningful, or if it's just a blunt instrument used to bash a diverse population into a mis-conceived niche. Is it worth the trouble of being typecast, just to have those 3 letters on your CV?
Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBA is Dead; Long...
Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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