Moving Day
When you upgrade to a new server, there's more than just making sure that everything is ready to move, but do you clean house? Do you ever go back and ensure you're not moving things that you don't need?
Recursion with SQL Server 2008 within the Financial World
As most of you, we in the financial world have often been faced with the challenge of extracting data from relational sources that within the business frame of reference are more hierarchical in nature. Recently, I did what most of us do from time to.
Securing Reporting Services Data Sources
Marcin Policht continues his discussion of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition security related topics by describing functionality that facilitates protecting HTTP-based communication with the Reporting Services Web site by leveraging Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption.
What happened to that email?
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Created script to send mails using sp_send_dbmail- working like a charm.
Now searching for a way to get...
SQL Server Agent Jobs – Displaying Status in an Application
This article shows ways of getting feedback to your users when running a SQL Server agent job from an ASP.NET page
What Will I See at SQL Connections?
The SQL Connections conference will be held this November in Las Vegas and Steve Jones is attending. See what he's interested in viewing at the event.
Accommodating Null Values in SQL Server
The key to working with null values properly is to accommodate them consistently. Learn a few tricks that will help you do just that.
Migrating SQL Server Databases - The DBA's Checklist (Part 1)
Migrating a database is often a task fraught with complications, this series examines the key issues in a simple checklist.
Star Join Optimization in SQL Server 2008
When working with a dimensionally modeled data warehouse it is common for a large number of your queries to follow...
What Will I See at SQL Connections?
The SQL Connections conference will be held this November in Las Vegas and Steve Jones is attending. See what he's interested in viewing at the event.
Blogs
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
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dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
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
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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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